Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Elk Hunting 6mm Remington 100 grain bullet for elk hunting.

Well I know my brother in law shot many a mule deer and 17 plus bull elk with his model 70 Winchester .243 caliber. I waited over 4 decades before I oppted to try my luck with a 25-06 that got the job done.

However, I truly believe considering types of shots and yardage to boot, that the .243 caliber should really stop at mule deer. I myself would never grab anything in the way of a rifle caliber less than the 6.5/06 with 140 grain bullet or better yet, those 160 grain bullets.

Now maybe some of the hunters can shrug my idea of ethics out the window and that is their previlege but I'll stick to my guns on elk calibers, thus starting with the 6.5/06 then go upward.