I killed my first elk in 1966 with a .30-40 Krag that I borrowed from my Uncle. The next year I bought my first centerfire rifle, a .30-06 barreled action and semi-inleted stock from Herter's that was to become my primary elk rifle for many years. I got drafted into the Army before I got to take that rifle elk hunting, and then from 1971 through 1977 I killed 7 bulls and one cow elk with that rifle as a .30-06. After the 1977 hunting season I had that rifle rechambered to .30 Gibbs, and from then through 2003 I killed 19 bulls and 3 cow elk with that rifle as a .30 Gibbs.
My favorite elk rifle now is a .300 Weatherby Vanguard that I put into a AA Fancy walnut stock.
