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<blockquote data-quote="jf239" data-source="post: 1007304" data-attributes="member: 56388"><p>Get you a 7mm Remington mag, shoot the 168vlds, and don't worry about not having enough gun. If you want some real world experience I have killed bulls at extended distance with one shot one kill DRT. Put one right behind the shoulder and it will be impossible for the animal to live. I don't care how magically tough some think elk are, the truth is that nothing can live without a heart or lungs, period. If it runs and you cannot find him you did not hit him a well as you think you did, period! If you want a bit more MV get a STW or LRM maybe even shoot the 180s a little faster. At the elevation that most hunt elk, shooting the 168s out of a 7RM At 3000fps you will be producing close to 1500ft/lbs of kinetic energy and still have velocity just under 2000fps at 1000yrds. This is more than enough for a ethical kill, all you will have to do is do your part and place the bullet just behind the shoulder. If you don't it's not the size of the bullet that didn't kill the animal, it's the fact you didn't have a point of impact that you wished you did or thought you should of!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jf239, post: 1007304, member: 56388"] Get you a 7mm Remington mag, shoot the 168vlds, and don't worry about not having enough gun. If you want some real world experience I have killed bulls at extended distance with one shot one kill DRT. Put one right behind the shoulder and it will be impossible for the animal to live. I don't care how magically tough some think elk are, the truth is that nothing can live without a heart or lungs, period. If it runs and you cannot find him you did not hit him a well as you think you did, period! If you want a bit more MV get a STW or LRM maybe even shoot the 180s a little faster. At the elevation that most hunt elk, shooting the 168s out of a 7RM At 3000fps you will be producing close to 1500ft/lbs of kinetic energy and still have velocity just under 2000fps at 1000yrds. This is more than enough for a ethical kill, all you will have to do is do your part and place the bullet just behind the shoulder. If you don't it's not the size of the bullet that didn't kill the animal, it's the fact you didn't have a point of impact that you wished you did or thought you should of! [/QUOTE]
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