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I’ve never been elk hunting, but I love my mid 80’s Ruger 77 in 7x57. This is the only big game that I’ve killed with it. 160 grain Speer Grand Slam at about 2550 fps. Loaded with W760. 60ish yards. Bullet shot completely through him just behind the crease. He made one good jump forward and fell over dead. You can see the exit hole in the pic. If Ohio would ever allow bottleneck case rifles for deer, this would be the first one I’d take hunting. Only bad thing is that I’m a lefty and this is a right handed rifle. Still my favorite though.
By the way, this was in 1997.
Ron