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<blockquote data-quote="PredatorSlayer" data-source="post: 1719837" data-attributes="member: 110866"><p>i think I get his point. With some exceptions, most people shoot low recoiling rounds better. There are only a handful of guys that shoot 300's and 338's without a muzzle brake for a reason. Maybe you don't have a brake on your edge, but my guess is you do. The noise from a braked rifle can cause more of a flinch than recoil. Therefore, premium powders and bullets available nowadays give people the option to be effective at long range with lesser calibers - that is just a fact. I think you shoot whatever you want. I have killed several elk with my sendero sfII 25-06 out to 650 yards with 115gr vlds. I have seen them drop out to 700 yards with 6mm creedmoors and 105gr bergers and 108 gr eldms - like their legs came out from under them DRT. Shrug...shoot whatever you want to, but the big guns aren't a must have anymore for elk. I dumped my 300 rum, 300wby and 325 wsm over the last year (none of them were braked, I took it like a man lol) in favor of a 270 wsm and 6.5 prc because I didnt see a difference in effectiveness out to 1000 yards. If you are shooting them past that, which several people on here are capable of, I can see the need for an edge or lapua, or cheytac or bmg.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PredatorSlayer, post: 1719837, member: 110866"] i think I get his point. With some exceptions, most people shoot low recoiling rounds better. There are only a handful of guys that shoot 300’s and 338’s without a muzzle brake for a reason. Maybe you don’t have a brake on your edge, but my guess is you do. The noise from a braked rifle can cause more of a flinch than recoil. Therefore, premium powders and bullets available nowadays give people the option to be effective at long range with lesser calibers - that is just a fact. I think you shoot whatever you want. I have killed several elk with my sendero sfII 25-06 out to 650 yards with 115gr vlds. I have seen them drop out to 700 yards with 6mm creedmoors and 105gr bergers and 108 gr eldms - like their legs came out from under them DRT. Shrug...shoot whatever you want to, but the big guns aren’t a must have anymore for elk. I dumped my 300 rum, 300wby and 325 wsm over the last year (none of them were braked, I took it like a man lol) in favor of a 270 wsm and 6.5 prc because I didnt see a difference in effectiveness out to 1000 yards. If you are shooting them past that, which several people on here are capable of, I can see the need for an edge or lapua, or cheytac or bmg. [/QUOTE]
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