17, Not what I was saying really, I did miss an easy shot with the 06, something that had never happened until then.. My next chance came with the .300 and I was successful.. Later that fall, I killed my best mulie so far with the .300.. My confidence was building in the .300, plus much of my hunting for elk was after work.. The hunting was in open country and the flatter shooting .300 made it easier to fill a tag in those days when elk venison was very important to us.. We still like it, but the need to fill the freeze is gone.. The 06 is good, but for what I needed the .300 was better.. I did kill a lot of elk when hunting with pals that carried 06's. They just felt the shots were too far.. They also were not shooters either.. None reloaded, none shot during the off season.. My shooting was with the Win. version..
