I have never been elk hunting because we have a chronic shortage of elk around here. But i have 4 or 5 potential elk rifles in the house. One, my .300 Weatherby, has a new 3.5-10x40 Leupold VX-3i on it. I have a Savage Model 110 pre accutrigger 7mm Remington Mag. with a 4-12x40 Leupold made Redfield Revolution. I have a Remington 700 SPS .30-06 with another VX-3i 3.5-10x40. I also have a sporterized Yugo Mauser in its military 8x57 chambering that wears another 4-12x40 Redfield Revolution. Another Mauser I have is a 98 with a Shaw 26" Heavy Sporter Barrel chambered in .280 Remington that wears another Leupold VX-3i 3.5-10x40. And I have a 1966 year model .270 Winchester Model 70 with a Leupold VX-2 AO 4-12x40. That's all I have that I would consider as elk rifles. I don't consider 24 or 25 anything as a primary elk rifle so I didn't include any with my list and I don't currntly own any 6.5-.264 anything right now either. I know some on here have killed elk with .243s and such and I might be tempted to use my .243 or my .257 Bob AI wth heavy for caliber bullets if pressed. But I wouldn't plan a trip around one since I have more potent equipment available. And I don't condemn those that use them either. I just prefer something a little bit more potent for bigger game.
Last edited by Filaman; 06/22/19.
