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9.3x62. Husqvarna model 146. 30 Govt 1906 Browning 1895 copy .35 WCF Winchester 1895
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"Come, shall we go and kill us venison? And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools, Being native burghers of this desert city, Should in their own confines with forked heads Have their round haunches gored."
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I'll play....
.223 .243 .30-30 7x57 .30-06 .300 H&H .300Winchester 44 magnum ( handgun)
I feel like I'm leaving some out...
"...the left considers you vermin, and they'll kill you given the chance..." Bristoe
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Remington 700 .270 Winchester] NULA 7x57 Mauser Weatherby Ultra Lightweight 7mm Weatherby Magnum Ruger 77 .30-06 Springfield 1903 sporter .30-06 Benelli R1 .30-06 Nosler Model 48 .300 WSM Sisk custom Ruger 77 .300 Winchester Magnum Weatherby Vanguard Sub-MOA .300 Weatherby Magnum (Also used a bow to take a cow and 5-point)
My wife has been far more constrained, using only four rifles, one .257 Roberts, two .270 Winchesters, and a .308 Winchester.
I thought there would be a .338 Win Mag in there...
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anyone else look over the cartridges list and realize that damn near anything in a center fire cartridge, used in the hands of a decent shot that knows the games anatomy will work, its simply getting into reasonable range and finding the game, not the limitations of the rifle being used thats critical to success. I'm certainly not suggesting some choices don,t have advantageous properties, in range and penetration or flat trajectory, only that its the hunters skill and experience, not the rifle selected, thats more critical. if guys are successful with a 44 mag, and other guys use a 375 H&H, or a 257 Roberts ,successfully obviously power and penetration and flat trajectory are not as super critical, as getting a shot at the vitals,within reasonable ranges your comfortable with, with a rifle your familiar with using
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First Model 54 peep sighted 270 Next Several Browning BBR 338 win mag Then 10-12 Browning Abolt 300 win mag
Few with Whitworth express 375 H&H Few with the Browning Abolt in 300WSM
The rest with the Browning Abolt in 325 WSM
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7mm Remington Magnum-160 Nosler Partition-1, 7mm Remington Magnum-168 Berger VLD-1 7mm Weatherby Magnum-160 Nosler Partition-1 270 WSM--150 Nosler Partition-1 300 Weatherby Magnum--180 Nosler Partition-8
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338 win with 210 Partitions 340wby with 210 Partitions 300wby with 180 spire pts (wby) and corelocts 300 win with 165 Speer hot core 30-06 with 180 corelocts and Partitions 270 win with 150 Partitions 7mm STW with 160 accubonds
Ranges averaged 300+yds. All lkilled. I remain quite partial to the 210 Partitions out of 340/338. Second choice would be 300wby with 180s. STW was not as quick killing as I’d have expected expected even at 3400fps. 270 had disappointing penetration at 350-400 yds. I want racquetball sized exit wounds from close range to 500yds. The 210s never disappointed unless I caught both shoulders. I’m loading some 225 accubonds for the 340. Hoping for another perfect load (wby no longer sells the 210 Partition loading—I’ve never been able to match factory velocity and accuracy at the same time).
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Dancing Bear,
Have only used the .338 on a very few elk that had already been shot by somebody else. Have also seen some other elk killed by companions with the .338. The list is of elk only I shot with those cartridges.
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Wby MK V in 7mm Wby Magnum
Love that gun.
By the way, in case you missed it, Jeremiah was a bullfrog.
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Wby MK V in 7mm Wby Magnum
Love that gun. Me too! So much so that I have two; a 24” barreled Jap Mark V synthetic and a 26” Mark V Fibermark. Happy Trails
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M70 SS Classic 300Win/200NP x2 M70 SS Classic 300Win 200TSX x8 M70 SS Classic/Lilja 257Wby/100TSX x1 M84L Kimber Montana/1:8 Lilja @ 22" 270Win 150ABLR x1 M70 SS Classic Fwt 270Win 140TSX x1
I can walk on water.......................but I do stagger a bit on alcohol.
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Knight wolverine .54 cal Smith and Wesson model 1500 30-06 Smith and Wesson model 1500 7mm Smith and Wesson model 1500 .270 Smith and Wesson model 1500 300 win Weatherby vanguard 7mm Marlin guide gun 45-70
Mighta forgot one or two along the way.
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"The whole problem with the world is that fools & fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubt" Bertrand Russell
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Have you never killed an elk, or did you use a bullet, rather than a rifle? Inquiring minds, memtb
You should not use a rifle that will kill an animal when everything goes right; you should use one that will do the job when everything goes wrong." -Bob Hagel
“I’d like to be a good rifleman…..but, I prefer to be a good hunter”! memtb 2024
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I use bullets. I've not ever been close enough to kill one with a rifle, though I did nearly kill one with a pistol. But I opted to pull the trigger instead.
I belong on eroding granite, among the pines.
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I went a couple of times, no luck, I had a 333 OKH belted built by Charlie O’Neil. I really wanted to kill an elk with it. I did kill a few hogs and a couple of deer with it.
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About a dozen elk over the years. 3 with a 30-06 the rest with a 7mm mag.
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ok, since I started this I'll give an update. Besides, sitting home with a nasty cold & was told I should do something because I'm acting like a crabby old bastard...… Very un-scientifically added up the responses, not numbers of elk nor numbers of rifles, just the cartridges. Also, each respondent only gets counted for one even if they have shot elk with several different rifles in the same caliber. i.e., I have killed elk with three different .270 Win rifles, but only count one .270 response. Also, not throwing in the onesie-twosie stuff, lots & lots of that. That said, here are the most popular so far.
1. .270 Winchester 2. .30-06 3. .300 Win mag 4. (tie) .338 Win mag 4. 7 mm Rem mag 6. .300 Weatherby 7. (tie) .45-70 7. .35 Whelen 7. .308 Winchester 7. .243 Winchester 11. (tie) .338-06 11. .375 H&H 13. (tie) 7X57 13. .340 Weatherby 15. (tie) .300 H&H 15. .300 WSM 17. (tie) 7mm STW 17. .280 Remington 17. 7 mm Weatherby 17. 7mm-08
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No real surprises considering the venue, not all average Joe Hunters will have a .338-06, .35 Whelen, or an STW due to ammo availability & cost, however this respondent group is likely made up of a high percentage of handloaders.
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