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Keeping in mind that the .303 British was used extensively for all Canadian big game, any caliber that will destroy an elk's heart and/or lungs will put meat in freezers.
My preferred elk rifle is a Sako 7MM Rem Mag. But since I haven't hunted in 10 years due to shoulder surgeries, if I can hunt again, and I will give it a go next season, I will take my .308 Win. But if I can shoot my 7MM Rem Mag, I will use it. But I ain't risking another shoulder surgery to a magnum.
Good luck,
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Sako 7-08 with 160gr Partitions and a Leupold 4-12x with B&C reticle. Several elk down with it including a 3.5 year old 6X6 at 412 yards quartering away with shattered offside shoulder. All one-shot kills. I love my 7-08. Totally enough rifle.
My alternates are a Savage 99 in 358 Win shooting 225gr Gamekings or a S&W 659 in .41 Rem Mag shooting 250gr Cast Performance hardcast bullets.
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Sako AV classic re-barelled to .35 Whelen with a Zeiss Conquest 3-9x50 on top. 250 gr. PSP of almost any make, at 2500 fps.
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you can hardly go wrong with an accurate 35 whelen and 250 grain bullets, (mostly speer 250 grain)easily half the guys I hunt with have one, and every last guys been impressed with the results. I have a remington slide action 35 whelen thats been the camp back-up rifle for years and that rifles, and its resulting kills in several guys hands has resulted in several people buying 35 whelens, Id be hard pressed to think of a better rifle for hunting the steep slopes and blowdowns my late hunting partner preferred a BLR in 358 win, but either in skilled hands is a dependable elk killer
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A Winchester model 70 in 300 ultra loaded with 180gr Nosler BT's at 3350fps is my go to gun, and a Remington 700 in 7mm Weatherby with Nosler partitions at 3050fps is my back up. I am also bringing a Sako 25-06AI stoked with 100gr tsx's
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Model 70 FWT, pre 64 in.06 using 220 gr Sierra RN. This rifle was my FIL's that he had left in a camping trailer which leaked.It was so badly rusted that we had to hammer the bolt open with a wooden mallet.The barrel was completely rusted so you could not see thru it.I bought a used barrel from Gun Parts.Unscrewed the old one, put the used one on and tested for head space.Had the action reblued after I cleaned it up as best I could, and made a new stock for it. For years it had an old Weaver V-7 on it until a guy gave me a Leupold 2.5-8 for taking him elk hunting I guess.Can't say how many elk have fallen over from it, but it has been a bunch. Big or small, they fall over. These are to get erone inthemood fro this years hunt.
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If God wanted you to walk and carry things on your back, He would not have invented stirrups and pack saddles
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Semi Custom Sako Left Hand L691 I cobbled together over the past year. Douglas SS Barrel chambered .375H&H, HS Precision stock, Leupold CDS 4x12x40. Shoots 235 grain TSX's under 1 moa out to 550 yards with 2850 MV.
At 11 lbs, a little heavy. With 26" barrel, a little long. But as one of the previous posters stated, I am confident that the rifle will do it's part if I do mine...
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Ruger #1 300 H&H, 168 gr Barnes and 200 gr Speer Grand slams
"If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn't sit for a month." -Theodore Roosevelt
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Those are some dang cool pics there saddlesore.
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Dang, i forgot to answer the OP's question My go to elk rifle for over 20 years is an old Mark V WBY. in 338/378 w/ a 28" Shilen pipe firing 225 TTSX's @3385. New backup elk rifles are an old tang safety Ruger in 338 WM. firing 250 SAF's @2725 fps, and an old Belgium BAR 338 WM. shootin' the 225 TTSX's @2800 fps. Gunner
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