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<blockquote data-quote="coloradohtr" data-source="post: 594870" data-attributes="member: 31313"><p><span style="font-size: 10px">Hi I live in Colorado and have seen many elk shoot with a 7mm Rem Mag. It is a very good elk gun. I have shot bulls with both 160 and 175 Sierra bullets plus 160 Partitions. They all worked very well. In 2010 I shot a large bull with 165 Accubonds at app. 2950 fps. and had to shoot him 5 times with 3 good engine room shots. Most of the hunters here use Winchester SuperX or Remington Core-Lokt factory ammo.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">The Colorado DOW wrote in Colorado Outdoors the average bull killed weighs 437 pounds field dressed. You are not hunting 1000 pound animals and 90% of hunters will not see a 700 pound elk on public land. Most 160 or 175 grain bullets with a well placed shot will give you a fast humane kill. Good luck and good hunting.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">FYI Retumbo, Ramshot Magnum and IMR 7828 will push a 175 close to 3000 fps. My 7mm has a 26 inch barrel and gets 3024 fps. with 69 grains of Retumbo. </span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="coloradohtr, post: 594870, member: 31313"] [SIZE=2]Hi I live in Colorado and have seen many elk shoot with a 7mm Rem Mag. It is a very good elk gun. I have shot bulls with both 160 and 175 Sierra bullets plus 160 Partitions. They all worked very well. In 2010 I shot a large bull with 165 Accubonds at app. 2950 fps. and had to shoot him 5 times with 3 good engine room shots. Most of the hunters here use Winchester SuperX or Remington Core-Lokt factory ammo.[/SIZE] [SIZE=2][/SIZE] [SIZE=2]The Colorado DOW wrote in Colorado Outdoors the average bull killed weighs 437 pounds field dressed. You are not hunting 1000 pound animals and 90% of hunters will not see a 700 pound elk on public land. Most 160 or 175 grain bullets with a well placed shot will give you a fast humane kill. Good luck and good hunting.[/SIZE] [SIZE=2][/SIZE] [SIZE=2]FYI Retumbo, Ramshot Magnum and IMR 7828 will push a 175 close to 3000 fps. My 7mm has a 26 inch barrel and gets 3024 fps. with 69 grains of Retumbo. [/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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