I had two .338 s that both liked 225 gr horn. interlock and Reloder 19. Killed a handful of white tails and three antelope doe with them and all were plenty dead. Never shot anything bigger with them but am sure it would have been just fine for elk as well. The model 70 I had would shot .75" and was doing 2900 fps. the Ruger 77 I had would stay near an inch and was slower at around 2800 or so.
