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Your Best Elk Rifle
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<blockquote data-quote="LDO" data-source="post: 32104" data-attributes="member: 1605"><p>i have 2 for elk and they serve me just fine-one is a 7-08ai and one is a 6.5-284,i shoot bullets in the 140g clasds with no problems.i either take them behind the shoulder or across the shoulders just under the spine to break them down.i havent lost one yet and have only had to take 2 follow up shots to kill them after dropping them[spine shots].this out of around 10 elk.ranges have been 12yds. to 400yds.600yds, would probably be my limit with thse rifles. im building a 300wsm. to shoot the 200g bullets though,so i can increase my range quite a bit more.i shot the .308win. for a long time with 165g class bullets for a with similar results.all rifles are built in a "tactical" style.some people look at me funny when i tell them what i shoot for elk,but what can the .270win do that the 7-o8ai and the 6,5-284 cant? and the .270win has accounted for of alot dead elk.my-2-dave</p><p></p><p>[ 03-01-2004: Message edited by: 6brguy ]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LDO, post: 32104, member: 1605"] i have 2 for elk and they serve me just fine-one is a 7-08ai and one is a 6.5-284,i shoot bullets in the 140g clasds with no problems.i either take them behind the shoulder or across the shoulders just under the spine to break them down.i havent lost one yet and have only had to take 2 follow up shots to kill them after dropping them[spine shots].this out of around 10 elk.ranges have been 12yds. to 400yds.600yds, would probably be my limit with thse rifles. im building a 300wsm. to shoot the 200g bullets though,so i can increase my range quite a bit more.i shot the .308win. for a long time with 165g class bullets for a with similar results.all rifles are built in a "tactical" style.some people look at me funny when i tell them what i shoot for elk,but what can the .270win do that the 7-o8ai and the 6,5-284 cant? and the .270win has accounted for of alot dead elk.my-2-dave [ 03-01-2004: Message edited by: 6brguy ] [/QUOTE]
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