Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Elk Hunting 280 rem vs 7mm mag

They certainly aren't equals, but if you want to kill an elk, a .280 (or .270 for that matter) can still carry over 1500 ftlbs past 400 yds, and a 7mag can carry it past 500yds. That's an energy number many consider around an acceptable minimum for elk. Most elk are shot at well less than 400 yds, which I think is a good thing. Thus, some of my version of the argument that they are effectively equivalent for killing elk at reasonable ranges. Understanding point blank ranges is also part of it.

Should every hunter be shooting at elk past 400yds?
I'll leave that to the individual reader to answer, but I've got my opinion from what I've seen. No.
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