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Circa late 90’s before cell phones became ubiquitous — a pic of a pic. This is about as much of a close-up I have. A blueprinted 700 BDL in 340 Wby with a 3-position wing safety, Shilen 24” barrel, Sako extractor, a Brown Prec stock on its second paint job and I believe a Swaro- 3-9x AV at that time. This particular bull caught a 250-gr Nos Part behind the last left rib at about 150 yards. It traversed the chest, broke the neck, and exited as the bull had his butt toward me but had turned his head to look back at me. I took ten bulls with this rifle and loved it.

While I’ve taken some other elk and I no longer have this rifle I really liked it and still consider it my elk rifle. I’ve downsized since.



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Coyote Hunter. I love your Zytel ( paddle stock) 77's
My all time favorite rifle. I currently have a 300 Win Mag in one with a 3x9 vx 2 resting on top of it. I cant think of a better Elk rifle. The rest of the posted rifles are all beauties also. I love the mix of nostalgia and function. I struggle with both options myself.

Capt Kirk

FYI I would post more on here if i could figure out how to post pictures. I try for a few minutes then give up. It's probably easy, but I'm not afraid to admit my limitations. Or else you would see a picture of my rifle.

Ok post a pic but Remington 7600. 35 whelen. 1x4x24 vortex. Not pretty not technical but functional

SLDUCK. My other elk rifle is a 7600 35 Whelen with a 2x7 Leupold. Great rifle.

If someone wants to personal message me how to post picts off of a cell phone I'll post some.

Capt Kirk

Beautiful rifles guys.
Mine is not even close.

I hunted with it for 2 seasons before I could afford a scope for it.
I wanted a Leupold and when I finally got the money for one the M8 was the big thing at that time.
The old M8 is no longer clear but still adequate. Both the scope and rifle carry deep scars from a nasty fall on ice above treeline, a spooked mare that pinned me against a gatepost, and an ill advised step onto a frosty log. A guy doesn't forget those. The bluing is worn bare and both stocks have some deep scratches.
We hunted in rain the entire 2015 season and by the end I was having to bust the rust away from the ejection port each morning.
That was the last of the wet weather hunts for it.
I worry that I have put so many rounds through it that perhaps the barrel is compromised, but still seems to hold it's own at the range.
These days I have many lighter or more accurate or more powerful rifles but this rifles history is intertwined with my own.
This is still the gun I am most comfortable with and (weather permitting) still gets the nod over my rifles that are 3 or 4 times the cost.
It is a Model 81 BLR in 7mag.

Not a thang wrong with a model 81!

My Howa 308 has brought down my last two elk.

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This has been my favorite for the few elk I have killed.



It belonged to an old friend who cancer took to young. South Gate 300 Weatherby with aftermarket barrel, Canjar trigger and Zeiss Diavari-C. He bulged the original barrel when he shot at the best bull he had ever put sights on in Montana years ago. It was snowing and he got snow in the barrel from the saddle scabbard. Missed the bull! The stock is also aftermarket. Very accurate rifle, but heavy. This year I am working on a Browning BBR in 300 Win Mag that belonged to my old deer hunting partner. He is gone too. Rifle shoots 3" groups at 100. I am going to bed it and replace the scope and see what happens. It is heavy but its a little lighter than the Weatherby.

Great rifle Marc and a good reason to carry it. Thanks for sharing.

This Remington 721 in .300 H&H and I go back to the 1980s when I first purchased it....and for a song!!!! But the poor fitting stock wasn't to my liking so I traded it for something alse.....and then as I was visiting Fajen's in Warsaw MO.....I took a detour to the Bishop factory and found a nice stock just for the old work horse.....So I bought it and when I got home the old Remnton 721 was srtill for sale, so I purchased it a second time..this time to restock

I used it on two African safaris with the new stock but with 100 % of the metal untouched. It's been a special gun to me but it started to have some problems with case separation and hard bolt opening. So I removed a thread from the barrel and rechambered it .055 to a snug fit on the go-gage and while the barrel was off (that was quite a job!) I polished the metal, removed two inches of barrel to make it a 24" gun and installed new iron sights.....it also got the 11 degree crown I like.

The forend and grip cap are walnut root wood that was dug out of a river...it's full of sand and is very hard on saw blades!

John Farner (too many tools) did the bluing for me and walla....here it is!

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MODEL 70 SS Classic. Hart bbl. @ 1 in 9, 280 AI. Z3 2-10 BRH
Its a bit heavy at 8.5 all up.
Shoots OK,



Has always seemed to like 160 NABs and IMR 4831.

Identical set of Remington Model 700's. One in 7mm Mag and one in .270 both are deadly on elk. 7mm is my (the old guy) favorite and .270 is my son's favorite.

300 WM, Browns Precision Stock, black wrinkle paint, leapold 3-9 scope and 23 inch barrel. Been hunting this rifle on and off for 20 years now. It's light weight and easy to carry.

You killed a calf elk?

Did you not want the extra 300 pounds of meat?

Winchester Model 70 XTR Magnum re-barreled with a Lilja .358 Norma Magnum, riding in a synthetic stock with Bausch & Lomb 1.5x-6x scope in Redfield Sr. mounts.

3584ELK, That's the perfect meat elk. Easy to pack out, clean ivories, tender meat. Most important she was dry.

Same rifle but in the factory stock.

Nice Tikka. What's it chambered in?