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Double tapping?

What a baboso..

Yeah, I haven't really heard anyone knock an AR platform - only suggestions that you step up to a better cartridge ie 308 oh and possibly reconsider the doubletap- why fire two shots when you can fire one that'll be more effective? Your the only one making this about the platform, we're all offering you suggestions to make your platform of choice more viable.

Still haveing a really really hard time beieving that this came back to life???????????

How odd is it that this dude is posting pictures of David Larue shooting an AR in 6.5 Grendel, and then turns around and asks what cartridges an AR-10 size lower will take??

Yes, that was a little odd.

Well, I guess I'll stick with my bolt rifle.

Good idea....provided its not a 6.8

What is your bolt rifle? How about some pics of you and some of the game you've taken? Really like to see those, please.

Here's a cow moose that was arrowed by Brooks

My rifle is a Win. Model 70 in both a 270 win and in a 300 win mag. I use both interchageably on most of my hunts.

WOW - Are you related to Lee24? You're full of [bleep]! That's the best you can do for a kill pic??!!

Uncalled for! Have you ever arrowed or shot a moose? Ha!

Here's Brooks' turkey hunt in younger days:

Brooks and gus (now minus the goatie/beard). Gus is the horse and you're the bull...

The 6.8 SPC will be a great deer/ hog and maybe small elk gun.

Aside from that, I'll use my tried and true bow or rifles

That's the best way to shoot deer with a 22lr. Makes it equal to a 44.



Bruce

no, actually, it would be more like the impact of two #4 buckshot or about that of a .380 pistol cartridge.

Double tappin works without clappin!

Make sure you wear your black BDU's and SWAT T-shirt while you're out "double-tapping" big game... And please, please, please, post pics.

So won't a 22 Hornet....why the mad rush to marginal cartridges? Just to prove a point? Play with plinkers on the range and in the varmint fields....the elk have enough problems.Some folks never grow up.(Splatter not refering to you)

Sorry but it all boils down to knowing the limitations of the weapon used.

Not a game cartridge? I wouldn't use it for Elk, but at 100 yards it's a damn good deer/hog round.

Interesting that Nosler and Barnes introduced the 110gr Accubond and TSX specifically for the 6.8spc. Think that was to kill people? Seems overkill.

6.8SPC significantly outperforms the 30-30 which has killed a deer or two and is the equivalent of the .243Win inside 250 yards.

Brooks - the new liar24..

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http://www.wildlife.state.nh.us/Hunting/Moose_hunt/2006_moose_hunt_pics.htm

Use a rem R-25. It s a 243, 7mm-08, or 308. They will all kill elk.

Honest answer to this, 110 TSX and out to 150 yards or so, if you know how to kill them with a bow, then you use the same strategy and shot placement and you'll do just fine.

I used to only own a 243 and would have shot an elk in a heartbeat with it, given the chance and the RIGHT shot.... I knew I'd be limited and that was my choice.

Personally my elk rounds start with 338 win mag and 54 in the MZ. I prefer a safety margin for longer shots and more energy.

And if hunting in thick timber, IE 100 and under on shots, I'd sure grab my 50 beowulf before I'd grab a 6.8.... timber calls for quick shots and bad angles. More like a 45-70 though a 338 would be just fine too....

I have hunted elk since 1962 and have taken a fair amount over the years. The first elk I killed was in 1964 and a spike taken with the only gun I owned, a 99 in 250-3000,was it the best? Well that day it was. One shot through the heart at about 60 yards, stood right there and then tipped over.Then I went big time and hunted for several years with a 99 in 308 and the elk just kept tippin over.Through the years I have gone through all the big guns,magnums and then back to the 308.Now due to a eyesight handicap, I will be using a 6.8 for deer and elk this coming year in an AR platform shooting left handed. Will it be at 250 yards +, not on your life.
My ranges will be under 150 yards and at that range and with proper shot placement, it will work just fine.
As I said above, know your weapon and it limitations.