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Flat trajectory. Massive downrange energy. Sub MOA accuracy from many rifle and handload combos. High but manageable recoil in most rifle weights. Almost unlimited bullet selection, and widely universal availability of factory ammo, if needed If you were on a trophy hunt for big bulls, could you really come up with a better choice? For myself, the next bull will fall to another TSX, 165 or 180 gr, with extreme confidence. Why undergun yourself with lesser armament, or overrun yourself with higher recoil? If Roy himself were around today, I'm guessing he would endorse his 300 as perfection on elk.
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I like the round, but I can produce dead elk with many rounds including some with less bump. But, make no doubt about it it's a mighty fine round. Personally and this is very hard for me to say but if given a choice I'd prefer a 300 WSM over the Wby. And, get ready for the left hook but I way prefer my 7 Mashburn Super to all of them... Dober
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300 H&H - you might as well use the daddy 300 mag.
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I own a 300 Win Mag and have always considered "any" of the big 30's as the best of the best for elk at both short and long range. I am also very fond of the Big 7's. I have shot many deer with the 300's with little meat loss, you just have to pick your shot carefully.
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I have killed around 40 elk with a 30-06, but as I get older and less sneaky, I find the 300 WBY to be the perfect gun.
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I be seeing ya Friday night, we can cuss n discuss this then... Personally, I likey your 25/35! Dober
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Guess I can still sneak, so I stick with the 30/06. CB
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For me, a 300 Wby for open country and possible long range shots; a short, 20" barrel Ruger 77 in 338 RCM for aspen, wooded country and timber. I only added the 338 this year after sticking between trees in dark timber too many times with the 24" barreled Weatherby last year.
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I'm thinkin' old Roy would probably still take the .257 Bee to all others...
As for myself, I'm a Big 7 man.
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I used to hunt elk with a .300 Wby. Then I killed a few, just as dead, with an -06.
$3 per shell Accumark that weights 780 pounds v. $1 per shell Ultra Lightweight that weighs about as much as a 6 pack of Talls.
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I used the 300 Weatherby on elk and smaller stuff, but at the same time was using a 300 Win Mag throated "long" for the same things.They were as alike as two peas in a pod and I loved them both for their flat trajectory and terminal effect.Pretty hard to trump either one with everything from 165's to 200 gr.
But I no longer use them because to keep recoil manageable,the rifles have to be heavier to lug and in rough country I don't want to put up with this, although some do not mind the extra rifle weight at all.
Over the years I also found I could put up a 7mm magnum of some sort that weighed a pound or so less,and recoiled less,and the game ended up just as dead.
But there is just no doubt the 300 Weatherby may be the best 300 magnum of the bunch.
The 280 Remington is overbore.
The 7 Rem Mag is over bore.
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Oh 300sav kind of rings my bell. Got more then one with it.
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Kawi I am betting you have...
The 280 Remington is overbore.
The 7 Rem Mag is over bore.
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280 Remington or 30-06. No elk have ever been able to complain. The 300 Weatherby is a fine one though I'll give you that! David
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When you have the rifle and cartridge that is at the top of the ladder there is no need to go further. The 300 Weatherby is a cartridge of the present and the future and will be for your lifetime, after that who cares.
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I've had two, a Euromark, and an Accumark. Nice rifles, but as I grew older I found I didn't like the recoil impulse, or the weight of the Accumark. It seemed to me the recoil was faster than a .338 Win Mag or a 375 H&H. All that said, I have to agree its the best of the 30 caliber medium mags. I've not shot any of the Ultras, or the Lazz, or the 30-378.
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Worse shooting rifle I ever had was a Weatherby.Even thier guarantee is only 3"at 100 or was. No doubt the cartridge it is an elk stopper,especially for the long distance snipers, but I would have to stop before I'd say it is the best elk medcine. Fact is, I'd be hard pressed to say any one rifle or cartridge is the all around best. If one gets into specifics,now that is a differnt story.
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A 300 or 338 for open country and a 45-70 for timber hunting I think is the ticket for elk. And good bullets are a must.
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Any of the 300's mag are great elk guns,but when you get serious about it,the .338's shine.The .340 WBY mag has to be my choice followed by the .338 RUM in factory guns. BBJ
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Kawi I am betting you have... The 300 WBY is a fine all NA big game round, but elk live along way from me, so I use the 300's big bro, an old custom 28" barreled 338-378 and 225 TTSX's @3350, it works Gunner
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