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Help me decide on an elk rifle
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<blockquote data-quote="coych" data-source="post: 944618" data-attributes="member: 77640"><p>I've taken a few elk with 243s and my 25-06 at ranges out to 450 yards. All one shot kills because of one common denominator, placement. Every bullet has hit in the boilermaker and Every one was a one shot kill, no tracking involved. Like many have said before me, shot placement is what matters. Pick a rifle you have absolute confidence in. A bad shot with a 338 RUM or whatever overbore caliber you can think of is disaster on an elk. They are tough and you'll be tracking them a heck of a long way, and maybe you'll get lucky and find it, but probably not. My father has taken over 50 elk with a 243 and never lost one because he knows when he pulls that trigger, it'll hit where he's aiming.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="coych, post: 944618, member: 77640"] I've taken a few elk with 243s and my 25-06 at ranges out to 450 yards. All one shot kills because of one common denominator, placement. Every bullet has hit in the boilermaker and Every one was a one shot kill, no tracking involved. Like many have said before me, shot placement is what matters. Pick a rifle you have absolute confidence in. A bad shot with a 338 RUM or whatever overbore caliber you can think of is disaster on an elk. They are tough and you'll be tracking them a heck of a long way, and maybe you'll get lucky and find it, but probably not. My father has taken over 50 elk with a 243 and never lost one because he knows when he pulls that trigger, it'll hit where he's aiming. [/QUOTE]
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