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<blockquote data-quote="Bob2650" data-source="post: 1975925" data-attributes="member: 112280"><p>The 30-30 can work perfectly.</p><p>The catch is that you have to be a hunter and do some stalking to get closer.</p><p>Use whatever you have, most anything can be made to work.</p><p>I know a stupid jerk that shot an elk with a 45ACP hardball round out of an Army issue 1911. </p><p>Took a while but he got it. This is not a recommendation for either cartridge just putting out the idea that you don't absolutely have to spend most of your Elk hunting budget on a special rifle. In Colorado the locals (I lived there many years) consider the 7-08 a good enough minimum. If you make a 500 Yard shot you might have to travel miles to get to the spot.</p><p> Elk have a habit of using their last seconds to go to the most difficult place for the hunter to haul the meat out of. Because of that, I really do not want to make a seriously long shot to kill one unless I know for sure that there is no 400 foot deep ravine handy for them to hide in.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bob2650, post: 1975925, member: 112280"] The 30-30 can work perfectly. The catch is that you have to be a hunter and do some stalking to get closer. Use whatever you have, most anything can be made to work. I know a stupid jerk that shot an elk with a 45ACP hardball round out of an Army issue 1911. Took a while but he got it. This is not a recommendation for either cartridge just putting out the idea that you don't absolutely have to spend most of your Elk hunting budget on a special rifle. In Colorado the locals (I lived there many years) consider the 7-08 a good enough minimum. If you make a 500 Yard shot you might have to travel miles to get to the spot. Elk have a habit of using their last seconds to go to the most difficult place for the hunter to haul the meat out of. Because of that, I really do not want to make a seriously long shot to kill one unless I know for sure that there is no 400 foot deep ravine handy for them to hide in. [/QUOTE]
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