Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Elk Hunting 6.5 or 30

Great elk Nimrod. Very nice.

It is important to feel like the bullet is always going to meet the crosshairs hunting where the shots can be longer. But a 300 WSM with a 165 or 168 grain ttsx would seem a terrific elk rifle with few limitations, any 6.5 seems on the other end of the elk killing spectrum. Wait for that broadside under 300 yard shot and avoid angling through the vitals and heavy bones and it should work great.

I just prefer to keep more shot options open chasing after elk, sometimes you get lucky and get to shoot a big 800 lb bull instead of a 400 lb cow.

Kman wish you the best of luck in your hunt. 6.5's been killing elk and moose for a long time for many people. Way before anyone dreamed up monometals for hunting. If I had a 300WSM that would not shoot the premium bullets I had confidence in it would go down the road without me."Ideally I wanted a 200 part at 2900fps or a 180nab/btip at 3050 but it ain't going to happen".

They been selling 300 Winchester Magnums for over 50 years and they work great with 180 & 200 gr bullets. Again good luck. Magnum Man

Is it common for the 300 WSM to not like 180s?

I helped a friend sight in his with 180 accubonds and I was impressed with the 3000 FPS but not so much with the groups - about 1.5 inches was the best I saw from his model 70. I attributed that to his shooting skill but it could have been the rifle.

Just a quick update. Picked up another 300 and she shoots 150ttsx at 3325fps and 3" at 300. Don't have to worry about this anymore. Will post a report if I kill one.

Yeah it sounded like that last one was a lost cause. Third 30 mag in a year huh? No wonder you were frustrated. Well, third times the charm hopefully.

WSM or Win Mag?

Good luck on your hunt.