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Re: Big Seven for Elk Mule Deer #9101059 08/15/14
Joined: Nov 2012 Posts: 2,623 Idaho N NTG Campfire Regular
NTG Campfire Regular N Joined: Nov 2012 Posts: 2,623 Idaho	7-08...anyone? I like mine, but haven't tried it on elk yet. I know many that do. In reality it's not much different than my wussy 270win.

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Re: Big Seven for Elk NTG #9101076 08/15/14
Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 3,723 Baker, MT L laker Campfire Tracker
laker Campfire Tracker L Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 3,723 Baker, MT	Killin schit ain't tough. Finding them is

Re: Big Seven for Elk laker #9101093 08/15/14
Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 2,038 Wyoming J joelkdouglas Campfire Regular
joelkdouglas Campfire Regular J Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 2,038 Wyoming	I'll be carrying my 30-06 for elk this year. Same as deer and elk pretty much every year. 180 Partitions and H4350 loaded to about 2800 fps. It's not that I think the 30-06 is better than every other cartridge, it's just that if you have a 30-06 you don't need other cartridges.

Re: Big Seven for Elk laker #9101129 08/15/14
Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 35,900 B BobinNH Campfire 'Bwana
BobinNH Campfire 'Bwana B Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 35,900	Originally Posted by laker Killin schit ain't tough. Finding them is Words of wisdom... The 280 Remington is overbore. The 7 Rem Mag is over bore.

Re: Big Seven for Elk laker #9101193 08/15/14
Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 18,917 NM S SLM Campfire Ranger
SLM Campfire Ranger S Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 18,917 NM	Originally Posted by laker Killin schit ain't tough. Finding them is For sure.

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Re: Big Seven for Elk SLM #9101245 08/15/14
Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 1,948 Unable to determine due to vel... J jryoung Campfire Regular
jryoung Campfire Regular J Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 1,948 Unable to determine due to vel...	I've got four 7s, the hardest part after finding game is choosing which to bring. Ingwe special (7x57) Lever awesomness (284) The classic What the classic should have been, the Mashburn. Wanted: Vintage Remington or Winchester hats, patches, shirts. PM me if you have something.

Re: Big Seven for Elk BobinNH #9101359 08/15/14
Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 2,483 PaleRider Campfire Regular
PaleRider Campfire Regular Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 2,483	[color:#FFFF00][/color] Originally Posted by BobinNH Originally Posted by tedthorn Always thought the magic 7 was a city boy rifle Funny....I've mostly seen the 30/06 in the hands of country boys who couldn't shoot. [color:#FFFF33] Funny, I've seen more guys with 7mags that couldn't adjust for trajectories or handle heavier recoil and were trying to compensate with the 7mag.......

Re: Big Seven for Elk Mule Deer #9101371 08/15/14
Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 2,483 PaleRider Campfire Regular
PaleRider Campfire Regular Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 2,483	Originally Posted by Mule Deer 7mm magnums are fine elk rounds. In fact they're just as good as the .270 or .30-06. [color:#FFFF00]

Re: Big Seven for Elk PaleRider #9101389 08/15/14
Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 69,325 Filer, ID Rock Chuck Campfire Kahuna
Rock Chuck Campfire Kahuna Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 69,325 Filer, ID	The current conventional wisdom is that you can only kill elk with a 243 or smaller or a 338 WM or larger. Nothing in between will work. You have to either pip squeak them to death or blow the hell out of them. That said, I've killed a truckload with either a 270 or a 300 WSM, about 50/50. I honestly think every one I've shot with the 300 could have been taken as well with the 270. The 7mm fits in between those 2 so it should be at least marginally useful. “In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” ― George Orwell It's not over when you lose. It's over when you quit.

Re: Big Seven for Elk ingwe #9101448 08/15/14
Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 2,965 Caldwell, Idaho I idahoguy101 Campfire Regular
idahoguy101 Campfire Regular I Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 2,965 Caldwell, Idaho	Originally Posted by ingwe Originally Posted by HuntnShoot Anyone hunting elk with a magnum 7mm this year, or have we become a bunch of ladies' and kids' cartridge shooters? The trend toward shorter, lighter, smaller, at longer range for huge animals has me wondering if the ghost of WDM Bell is haunting this site. The 7 Mag is surrounded by a mystique perpetrated and propagated largely by those with little actual experience, who seem driven to pass along their ignorance to younger generations who revel in a cartridge that will do magical things without having to actually practice shooting. Don't know why that is�The 7 mag is an excellent cartridge, but its users rely on the mystique, rather than the reality.I have yet to see anyone competently shoot a 7 Remington Mag. Skip up to the .300 Mags and I know a bunch of guys with a bunch of experience that handle them very well indeed. A cartridge anomaly, as it were�. Really..... A cartridge in use for fifty years and you've NEVER met anyone who uses it and can shoot straight? Is this satire? Last edited by idahoguy101; 08/15/14.

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Re: Big Seven for Elk idahoguy101 #9101457 08/15/14
Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 78,300 Southwestern Montucky ingwe Campfire Oracle
ingwe Campfire Oracle Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 78,300 Southwestern Montucky	Nope.Not satire. Didn't say they weren't out there, just that Ive never seen one... Last edited by ingwe; 08/15/14. "...the left considers you vermin, and they'll kill you given the chance..." Bristoe

Re: Big Seven for Elk T_O_M #9101468 08/15/14
Joined: Jul 2013 Posts: 9,189 15 min from elk, MT H HuntnShoot OP Campfire Outfitter
OP HuntnShoot Campfire Outfitter H Joined: Jul 2013 Posts: 9,189 15 min from elk, MT	Originally Posted by T_O_M Originally Posted by HuntnShoot Anyone hunting elk with a magnum 7mm this year, or have we become a bunch of ladies' and kids' cartridge shooters? 'splain, please? I thought the 7mm mag was a ladies' and kids' cartridge. Pretty good for coyotes and the like. Tom No, kids' and women's cartridges have case heads .378"-.473". I belong on eroding granite, among the pines.

Re: Big Seven for Elk SLM #9101480 08/15/14
Joined: Jul 2013 Posts: 9,189 15 min from elk, MT H HuntnShoot OP Campfire Outfitter
OP HuntnShoot Campfire Outfitter H Joined: Jul 2013 Posts: 9,189 15 min from elk, MT	Originally Posted by SLM Lots of wowen and kids will get along great and kill this year with a 260, 308, 7/08 and gasp 243. I'll be along on a few of these hunts. It's great hunting with people that don't try to over complicate things with things they think they know. I'm not sure I grasp your logic here. What I am after in this thread is not only what potential posters think they know, but what they have used and will use for elk, and why, with a preference of opinions and experiences involving fast 7's for said elk. Obviously, this is a tender subject. Sorry if I offended anybody with my goading. Sheesh. I belong on eroding granite, among the pines.

Re: Big Seven for Elk HuntnShoot #9101481 08/15/14
Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 78,300 Southwestern Montucky ingwe Campfire Oracle
ingwe Campfire Oracle Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 78,300 Southwestern Montucky	Uh-oh�everything Ive got is a .378 or .473... I used to have bigger stuff, but no longer hunt the big stuff the bigger headstamps are made for... "...the left considers you vermin, and they'll kill you given the chance..." Bristoe

Re: Big Seven for Elk HuntnShoot #9101522 08/15/14
Joined: May 2003 Posts: 23,024 SW Montana V VarmintGuy Campfire Ranger
VarmintGuy Campfire Ranger V Joined: May 2003 Posts: 23,024 SW Montana	HuntnShoot: My Remington 700 Classic in 7mm Remington Magnum with 160 grain Nosler Partitions sure works well on Bull Elk for me! Yeah, I could buy a larger caliber but have no need or desire to do so. Long live the 7mm Remington Magnum! Hold into the wind VarmintGuy

Re: Big Seven for Elk VarmintGuy #9101540 08/15/14
Joined: Jul 2013 Posts: 9,189 15 min from elk, MT H HuntnShoot OP Campfire Outfitter
OP HuntnShoot Campfire Outfitter H Joined: Jul 2013 Posts: 9,189 15 min from elk, MT	We all know you're a sniper anyway, Ingwe. You get a rush out of nutsackin' a good bull with a Red Ryder, and then walking up and cutting his throat while he thrashes around. I wish you'd elaborate more on your technique... I belong on eroding granite, among the pines.

Re: Big Seven for Elk HuntnShoot #9101580 08/15/14
Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 60,095 Banana Belt, Montana M Mule Deer Campfire Kahuna
Mule Deer Campfire Kahuna M Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 60,095 Banana Belt, Montana	Yep, the .378 and .473 are also good elk rounds, especially when Ackley Improved. “Montana seems to me to be what a small boy would think Texas is like from hearing Texans.” John Steinbeck

Re: Big Seven for Elk ingwe #9101739 08/15/14
Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 46,024 Colorado S smokepole Campfire 'Bwana
smokepole Campfire 'Bwana S Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 46,024 Colorado	Originally Posted by ingwe Uh-oh�everything Ive got is a .378 or .473... Duuuude, the .473 rules. You must be an aficionado? Or maybe just one of the cognoscenti? A wise man is frequently humbled.

Re: Big Seven for Elk smokepole #9101762 08/15/14
Joined: Jul 2013 Posts: 9,189 15 min from elk, MT H HuntnShoot OP Campfire Outfitter
OP HuntnShoot Campfire Outfitter H Joined: Jul 2013 Posts: 9,189 15 min from elk, MT	Another description for this thread could have been: I know a magnum 7 works good for gut-shooting deer at middle to long range, but how does it do for elk? Only posters with experience, please. I belong on eroding granite, among the pines.

Re: Big Seven for Elk HuntnShoot #9101789 08/15/14
Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 4,213 Southern Colorado Alamosa Campfire Tracker
Alamosa Campfire Tracker Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 4,213 Southern Colorado	Originally Posted by HuntnShoot Another description for this thread could have been: I know a magnum 7 works good for gut-shooting deer at middle to long range, but how does it do for elk? Only posters with experience, please. LOL!

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