I reload, own more then one 30/06 but am always chasing the next best thing. I am just trying to justify the high bc cartridges being sold as the next best hunting rig?
Where will you be hunting, how will you be hunting. There's all kinds of elk hunting and it's not all created equal.
Shooting an elk in a pasture off hay bales isn't the same as climbing in the mountains all day. A DIY hunt on your own two feet is different than a guided horseback hunt, etc.
What are your current binoculars?
How are your current rifles set up (scopes, stocks, weights, etc)?
There's no way to really answer without more details... but as has been rightly pointed out, this is the right place to come for enablement as noted by most of the above posts
An no, you don't need a 338 WM in grizzly country...
“Perfection is Achieved Not When There Is Nothing More to Add, But When There Is Nothing Left to Take Away” Antoine de Saint-Exupery
