Fifth,
WELCOME to 24hrcf! Looks like you are getting good intel here. Though I have not yet owned one, I have long admired and wished for a 444. If ever I come across one in pre-safety form with the pistol grip style stock for a good deal kinda price it will have to come home with me.
Have not, obviously, shot an elk with one, but would not be afraid at all to give it a go. I have heard good things about the Hornaday 265's but from me that is just hearsay. Good luck and good hunting. MARK
LOVE God, LOVE your family, LOVE your country, LIKE guns and sports.
About 2016 team "R" candidates "We definitely need a crew with a sack of balls the size of hot water bottles, bloviated estrogen leaking feel-gooders need not apply." Gunner 500
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