Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Elk Hunting Want a new rifle but cannot decide! help......

On the assumption that you plan to hunt in Wyoming (we live in Pinedale) you don't need a cannon or a sniper wannabe rifle.

Don't know your budget but if
Low: an older 700BDL in 7mm remmag with VX III 2.5-8 Leupold
Middle: A SAKO or Kimber in 300 WinMag or 338 WinMag with the same scope or upgrade to a Zeiss, Nightforce or Kahles
Big Bucks: Dakota with Schmidt or Swaro in 300/338WM

Now all that said you can kill any Elk that walks (on the assumption you are a hunter) with a Marlin XL 30-06 and a 4X Weaver and Remington softpoint factory ammo.

There is more BS about Elk hunting (mostly written by experts who have never killed one).... second only to Antelope "experts".

These killed our last three:
1932 RF Sedgley Springfield, 400 Whelen, 2.5x Leupold Alaskan, 350 gr X, 250 yds
1809 Baker British Military flinter 1.2 ounce .61 cal cast bullet, 80 gr FFG, 18 paces
R-1 Benelli, 300 Winmag, 168 TSX, 2.5-10x32 Nightforce, 280 yards.
The best one was taken with the flinter......