Originally Posted by damnesia
She shot elk with a 250 savage?

Her folks did. When I got the rifle I asked about that, he said he used the 117 grain bullets (Sierra no less), liked to sneak in close and shoot them in the neck. When I started loading for it, I loaded some of the 117 Sierras he had given me and they keyholed at 100 yards, full profile holes of the bullet hitting paper completely sideways. No wonder he liked to get close.