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Y’all know the 44 mag can kill elk right?

Funny stuff round here.

Elk and Safari topic sure does bring out the Supremacism

My grandpa killed a bunch of them with a 32 Winchester Special.

A quick Google search will reveal that the .44 Mag has been used to harvest all species that walk the planet (with a heavy, hard cast bullet at high velocity, proper distance and accurate shot placement). It’s been done by several individuals, with Revolvers!

My respect to them and the bowhunters!

My step son killed his first elk with a 125 gr NAB , bang flop last week. I am up to 4 - with 168 NBT.

My friend is and 80 year old lady living near home.. Yesterday she shot her 4x4 bull with a model 88 .308.. 200 yards open sights..

Wow, very cool!

Anyone loading the 308 with CFE223? Hodgdon manual shows a velocity gain over Varget that's worth chasing.

Haha for sure!! Killed one with my 41 Blackhawk. Pard just pile up a big Cape buffalo bull , ran 30-40 yards and quit.

I have some loaded up with hornady 168 bthp to test, but haven't had time to go to the range. I've never had anything but mediocre to downright bad results with CFE 223 in anything else, but I will give it a shot in 308.

Of those choices, I would certainly agree that the 150 grain Power Point performs the best. I did use it to kill one elk with a .308.

The other three elk I killed with a .308 were downed by 165 gr Sierra BT's. These were shot from a 20 in Savage 99E.

The only .308 I have at the moment is a Ruger Gunsie Scout with an 18.3" barrel. If it goes elk hunting it will be using 150 gr Nosler Partitions over RL-15. A couple of in-laws have used the load successfully for several years.

For a 22 in barreled .308 I blieve I would use 165 NPT's

I have been shooting guns since 1962 and have never ever met a rifleman who had a bad word against the .308. It is the only cartridge in my experience that holds than single opinion.

I really enjoy shooting and hunting with a .308 Win. I wish I found this fondness earlier in my life.

I too ended up a fan of the 308 later in my hunting career despite considerable disdain for it when I was younger and knew more. It is the least muss/fuss cartridge and rifle (Kimber Montana) that I've owned in 40 + years. It has become my favorite rifle.

I need to find a 88 Winchester in a 308, load up some 165 partitions or 165 tsx man be sweet rig for up here in Alaska.

A buddy of mine went to Wyoming about 3 weeks ago for an elk hunt. 308 and 150 grain Federal Fusions did the trick.

The first center fire rifle I bought was in .308, Model 88 Winchester in 1964 for $136.I put a $18 Bushnell Banner scope on it. Back then it did not even have self centering reticles. It went teats up in about 5 years and by then I was rolling in money making $400/mo so I put a $47 Weaver V-7 on it which I used for a lot of years. Being younger and stupider,I killed elk,deer ,pronghorn, javelina, coyotes, jack rabbits, and even won a few six packs of beer with it in shooting matches.I still have it and take it out every once in awhile to hunt with. Pretty hard to find fault with it.

My rifle has a 20" tube in 308 and the velocity / accuracy combination with Varget was lacking. I tried CFE with 168g TTSX and was able to get velocities that are impressive to say the least. Accuracy is outstanding. Around 1.5" at 300y. Here was the result - 294y in Colorado.

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Well done, Buzz!

Congratulations! How much bullet jump are you running with the 168 TTSX?

There's nothing wrong with using a 308 on elk as long as you use an appropriate bullet. I suspect what constitutes as appropriate - the opinions differ from one shooter to the next. For me it would be a premium bullet or an heavier Interlock or similar.

My brother-in-law shot a bull in the lung area with a 300 Win Mag 180 grain bullet (He saw it hit). He followed it all day. I'm afraid he made a poor bullet choice - his opinion too. You'll hear things like I got my elk with such and such a bullet/cartridge - I wonder how many speak up regarding I shot a bull and never found it. I believe using too much is better than too little. Chose wisely...