I agree wholeheartedly with the strategy of choosing the rifle you like best regardless of the chambering. One of the best elk guns is KIMBER MODEL 84M CLASSIC.
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It is a bolt- action rifle it is chambered in short action 7mm-08 REM 243 win.
Best rifle caliber for elk. Of energy at 300 yards. Caliber size for elk has really gone out the window. The30-06 remains wildly popular for elk and rightly so.
With todays bullet technology proper. The300 Remington Ultra Magnum. 5102019 Want the ideal elk cartridge.
This makes it an eminently practical general purpose hunting rifle and in the powerful 350 Remington Magnum caliber a potent elk rifle. Look to something that fires a 7mm or bigger heavy-for-caliber projectile at around 3000 fps. They both also fall just short of 2000 ft-lbs.
The Browning A-Bolt Composite Stalker is available in several long- and short-action calibers. Waynes first bull fell to the300 HH left. Best bullets are the 7mm 155- to 175-grainers and the30-caliber.
8262018 When thinking about the best elk hunting rifle for youth the first place our thoughts often go is caliber. Just how wonderful depends a bit on the kind of country you hunt--great in close or mixed cover not so. Although the elk calibers listed above will get the job done on deer and antelope for a one species hunt less punishing to shoot calibers are more appropriate.
A 117gr bullet in a 257 robt is better than the same bullet in a 257 wby at 100 yards. 10112014 Anyone that thinks a 308 is undersized for elk is drunk. This is in fact my go to.
308 Winchester Believed by many to be one of the best all around cartridges the308 Winchester is an excellent round for elk. It performs well at 100 yards and is a powerful large caliber that stands up well to elk hunting. Bullets is a top-tier elk load.
Any one of those chamberings will kill an elk just fine. The Mauser 98 inspired Ruger M77 is one of the best hunting rifles on the market. Mac Boys that is a tough one to answer.
It also features a trigger that is adjustable and releases at 36 to 4 pounds. 232019 The Kimber is the lightest production rifle on the market today. This elk rifle caliber is perfectly capable of meeting all of the above requirements with factory rifles and factory ammo that can be easily found in most of todays gun shops and sporting goods stores.
Randy is spot on. 4202013 Look no further for the perfect answer to all of the above questions for the best elk rifle. For elk hunting however the problem with the AR-15 is a lack of chamberings that are capable of taking an elk.
While its a bit off-category I would include the350 Remington Magnum here as well. The 35 Whelen and its ballistic brethren are wonderful elk cartridges. 9232010 But for me ideal elk rifles start at 30 caliber and go up to the 35s.
782018 East Slope Deer and Antelope. Wilson Combat sorted this out by mating an AR-10 bolt and barrel extension to. 25-06 Remington 257 Weatherby Magnum.
Best elk caliber by. The flat-shooting hard-hitting 7mm Remington Magnum with 160-gr. 308 for elk is a good caliber for this type of gun.
Of all the Browning models the Stalker is the most economical at roughly 800. While it is important to choose a caliber big enough to ethically kill an elk there are a large range to choose from243 Winchester is. 7152018 For early season elk hunts above tree line a light weight rifle chambered in a short magnum caliber such as300 WSM is recommended.
So it really depends. Best Elk hunting caliber. Even a cow elk is considered a trophy as they are one of the best eating big game animals-Jason Brooks 338 Winchester Magnum One of the most popular elk cartridges for the past 60 years is.
While some may believe it is on the light side the30 caliber bullet is more than capable of making clean humane kills on elk out to and beyond five hundred yards. But only with handloads. For moose or black bear the elk guns will do just fine but you can these to the list too444 Marlin450 Marlin.
8302010 The338-06 and the35 Whelen both will push a 225-grain bullet to 2500-plus fps and are both excellent elk cartridges for timber hunting. 65 Creedmoor 260 Remington 65-284 Norma 264 Winchester Magnum 26 Nosler. For elk hunting though we suggest the classic338 Winchester Mag.
On the low end in the right hands and circumstances at the low end 65x55257 Roberts and at the high end 338 win375 HH. I own many calibers and would hunt elk with a lot of them. He prefers the308 Norma center to the300 Winchester Magnum right.
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