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<blockquote data-quote="COBrad" data-source="post: 2069209" data-attributes="member: 1940"><p>There's generally two camps to this subject... you need the biggest magnum available because you can't kill an elk at 600 yards with anything less, and the rest of us. My $.02 is worth less than that but what the hell. I guided elk hunters for 38 years, have over 60 to my own credit. I love to shoot varmints at long range and ELR. My furthest elk was at 1098 yards with a lowly 7 mag. Okay it was a custom gun that was a pretty solid quarter minute gun for the first 1K or so rounds, on my good days, reliable half moa otherwise if the wind wasn't too disagreeable. 9 twist shooting 180 grain Berger HVLD's. That elk did what they usually do with a proper shot, he staggered down the hill 50 yards and done. I've had a good number of big and bigger magnums but have returned to my all time favorite from prairie dogs to elk if I can only have one, 7 mag. It worked fine on that elk, took numerous marmots past 1K to as far as 1402 yards. Won't kick your pants off without a brake, and aside from present circumstances you could find ammo anywhere in an emergency. That's an opinionated vote from an old fart who now uses an ultra light .284 Winchester for big game out to the dreaded 600 yards.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="COBrad, post: 2069209, member: 1940"] There’s generally two camps to this subject... you need the biggest magnum available because you can’t kill an elk at 600 yards with anything less, and the rest of us. My $.02 is worth less than that but what the hell. I guided elk hunters for 38 years, have over 60 to my own credit. I love to shoot varmints at long range and ELR. My furthest elk was at 1098 yards with a lowly 7 mag. Okay it was a custom gun that was a pretty solid quarter minute gun for the first 1K or so rounds, on my good days, reliable half moa otherwise if the wind wasn’t too disagreeable. 9 twist shooting 180 grain Berger HVLD’s. That elk did what they usually do with a proper shot, he staggered down the hill 50 yards and done. I’ve had a good number of big and bigger magnums but have returned to my all time favorite from prairie dogs to elk if I can only have one, 7 mag. It worked fine on that elk, took numerous marmots past 1K to as far as 1402 yards. Won’t kick your pants off without a brake, and aside from present circumstances you could find ammo anywhere in an emergency. That’s an opinionated vote from an old fart who now uses an ultra light .284 Winchester for big game out to the dreaded 600 yards. [/QUOTE]
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