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Your Best Elk Rifle
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<blockquote data-quote="Sako7STW" data-source="post: 32099" data-attributes="member: 2112"><p>The gun writers are going to flip when I tell you what I use. Another thing to keep in mind is what way you perfer to shoot your animal, in the shoulder bone, or in the furnace(heart and lungs behind the front shoulder). I am a furnace shooter, I do not beleive in ruining even a small amount of meat, athough it happens at times as i will not pass up a good shot if I am going to take out the far shoulder. If it doesnt have a pumper it isnt living PERIOD. Requires a bit more precision than a shoulder shot though. For that reason I prefer a gun that shoots fast and flat.</p><p></p><p>On that note I have used three guns. My favorite being my 7mmSTW Sako TRG-S obviously. Unfortunatly though I have yet to get an Elk with it. After seeing the job it has done on deer and speedgoats, it will be brutal on elk. I have added a muzzle brake to this rifle.</p><p></p><p>The Gun That I started out with was a 25-06 Browning A-bolt Medalion shooting 117 gr factory fodder. With this gun I dropped several deer, a few goats and 4 elk. 3, 6 point bulls(nothing really big sized but bulls non the less) and one very large cow. I also dropped a B&C bull moose with it. All were one shot kills. I would take shots to 350 yards.</p><p></p><p>The other being one that I have shot 1 cow with and my Dad and Grandpa used for years, the Mark V Deluxe .257 WBY Mag. We use 100gr Nosler solid base bullets. This round I have seen well over 40 Elk taken with, only lost one ever. This thing does a real number on Elk, they no longer make the bullets we used and stock is running out so were going to try the 101gr groove bullet in it next. The only reason I bought the STW over thw WBY was that I plan to go Moose hunting in Canada or AK sometime and would like a bit heavier bullet in case I run into one of those big clawd things. I would shoot to 500 yards with the .257 and have watched my dad take them out to 620 yards (LRF'd) with it. With the STW I will go to 650.</p><p></p><p>Now to answere another part of your question. Both the STW and the WBY are rather heavy for packing in the high coutry. We ride horses so it isnt nothing to major for us. If I were walking/hiking all the time these would not be my gun of choice. I would choose, and will be getting, something along the lines of the Tikka T3 light in a 270 WSM or a 25-06 again and maybe have it reamed to a 25-06 AI for that lil something special extra. I will be getting something like this as a back up rifle and the one I will grabb if walking and such is needed.</p><p></p><p>[ 03-01-2004: Message edited by: Sako7STW ]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sako7STW, post: 32099, member: 2112"] The gun writers are going to flip when I tell you what I use. Another thing to keep in mind is what way you perfer to shoot your animal, in the shoulder bone, or in the furnace(heart and lungs behind the front shoulder). I am a furnace shooter, I do not beleive in ruining even a small amount of meat, athough it happens at times as i will not pass up a good shot if I am going to take out the far shoulder. If it doesnt have a pumper it isnt living PERIOD. Requires a bit more precision than a shoulder shot though. For that reason I prefer a gun that shoots fast and flat. On that note I have used three guns. My favorite being my 7mmSTW Sako TRG-S obviously. Unfortunatly though I have yet to get an Elk with it. After seeing the job it has done on deer and speedgoats, it will be brutal on elk. I have added a muzzle brake to this rifle. The Gun That I started out with was a 25-06 Browning A-bolt Medalion shooting 117 gr factory fodder. With this gun I dropped several deer, a few goats and 4 elk. 3, 6 point bulls(nothing really big sized but bulls non the less) and one very large cow. I also dropped a B&C bull moose with it. All were one shot kills. I would take shots to 350 yards. The other being one that I have shot 1 cow with and my Dad and Grandpa used for years, the Mark V Deluxe .257 WBY Mag. We use 100gr Nosler solid base bullets. This round I have seen well over 40 Elk taken with, only lost one ever. This thing does a real number on Elk, they no longer make the bullets we used and stock is running out so were going to try the 101gr groove bullet in it next. The only reason I bought the STW over thw WBY was that I plan to go Moose hunting in Canada or AK sometime and would like a bit heavier bullet in case I run into one of those big clawd things. I would shoot to 500 yards with the .257 and have watched my dad take them out to 620 yards (LRF'd) with it. With the STW I will go to 650. Now to answere another part of your question. Both the STW and the WBY are rather heavy for packing in the high coutry. We ride horses so it isnt nothing to major for us. If I were walking/hiking all the time these would not be my gun of choice. I would choose, and will be getting, something along the lines of the Tikka T3 light in a 270 WSM or a 25-06 again and maybe have it reamed to a 25-06 AI for that lil something special extra. I will be getting something like this as a back up rifle and the one I will grabb if walking and such is needed. [ 03-01-2004: Message edited by: Sako7STW ] [/QUOTE]
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