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My first elk hunt was with a Model 54 in 270, with a peep sight. The rifle was handed down to me from grandfather, to Dad to me. The cartridge was a core locked 150 grain and I got a 5x5 raghorn bull at about 60-70 yards. The year was 1973, and the rifle was mfg in 1931.

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those old 54's are neat rifles.. I have my grand father's.. Never shot an elk with it though.. My first wife did kill her first elk with it though..


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Originally Posted by kaywoodie
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Husqvarna 146 I rechamberd to 9.3 x 62. From x 57. With old azz Redfield low profile 2x7. Original Swedish surplus mount altered to 1" rings.


Love those old Huskys. Nothing wrong with those old azz Redfields, either. My wife's 7-08 Ruger wears one just like yours. Still gets the job done.


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Well, going on my first elk hunt next year and I have plenty of time to decide, but so far, I'm down to these choices:
1. Model 70 300 H&H 180gr TTSXs
2. Weatherby MKV 300 Weatherby (same bullet)
3. Sako 75 Deluxe 300 Win Mag (same bullet)


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Remington sendero in .300 Win Mag.
Leupold 4.5-14x40 VXIII with mildot.
Hornady heavy mag 180 grain.

Heavy but deadly.


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A LH Browning A-Bolt in .300 Win Mag. Hornady 190 gr. factory ammo. Got an elk, too (a nice 6x6, no less).

I later replaced that rifle with a Remington 700 KS in .300 Win, which I still have. The .300 Win. is about the only caliber I've ever used on elk. I do have a .340 Wby Fibermark that I'm going to try out this year, though.

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A used 270 Sears M-50 with a jap 3x9 scope. Loaded with 140 grain Bearclaws. I bought the rifle for my new wife at a gun show in Denver. However, after a good cleaning I shot it. It was a tack driver and would place three shots well under an inch at 100 yards so I carried it for my first hunt rather than my minute of pie plate 742 in 30-06. I killed 2 elk with it, but both took multiple hits so I moved up to a 338 a few years later.

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I had bought a sporterized 96 Mauser with factory stepped barrel lopped off at 20" in 6.5x55. Was in a laminated thumbhole stock with Timney trigger, Leupold base and lowered bolt. Put a Leupold 3-9 compact on it and loaded it with 156grain Norma Alaska ammo. The barrel looked like a sewer pipe but would absolutely stack about anything you fed it. Never saw an elk on that first trip but took a nice mule deer buck. Two years later took the same rifle but this time wearing a long tube M8 4x Leupold, loaded with 160 grain Sierra semi-point over Reloader 22. Took a decent Mulie then my first elk. Luckiest shot of my life. My brother had bumped a group of elk and a bull was following about 6 cows at a full run on a hill side above me. I dropped down to a knealing position settled the horizontal line on the Bulls back and gave the trigger a squeeze. Bullet entered just behind near shoulder angled forward and through the lungs and top of the heart being caught by the hide on the off side. Like flipping a switch, went right down Later ranged the shot at 273 yards.

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First hunt was in Colorado and I used a Remington BDL Stainless Synthetic in 7mm Rem Mag shooting Federal Premium 175 gr Nosler Partition. Shot 5x5 bull at 80.

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Savage 99 in 308 Win.

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.54 Renegade.

Passed on a cow at about 40 yards. Havent had a chance to kill an elk since. Maybe next years draw will change that.


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M70 SS Classic with 160 Barnes TSX.

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A Remington 725 in .280 Remington. In 1973 I was using the Remington 150 grains PSP and it worked just fine for me in Colorado.

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A Win Mdl 64 in 32 Win SPL. The old timers mostly used 300 Sav and 308 Win. That was big medicine. A 3006 was for Californians that couldn't shoot.




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Stainless M77 MKII with plastic stock and loopy 3.5-10X40 running 180 grain partitions.


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S&W 1500 in 300mag with 3.5-10x40AO shooting the 150gr Nosler Soild Base.

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1973 near craig colorado and used a post 64 win model 70 in 30-06. Bullets were probably factoy 150gr silver tips. No elk killed but did get an antelope on the front range the following week. Killed my first elk the next year near craig using a browning recurve, which I believe was a nomad stalker. These days I use either an 06 or 270 win.

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TC 50 cal Thunderhawk shooting 370 gr Maxi-balls over 110 gr of 777. Shot a 5x5 at 80 yards. One of the best hunts I've been on.


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Same one I choose today. Mk V 300 Wby made in Japan 26" barrel. Only the bullet and my legs have changed! Began with the still great 180 Nosler Partition and transitioned some years back to a true elk killing machine, the 168 gr TTSX.

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