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I know a guy whose boys have killed a dozen cow elk with the .250 Savage and 100-grain Nosler Partitions, and all the bullets exited. They just wait for pretty much broadside shots and put them in the right place.

I also know a woman who's killed 17 elk with 17 shots from a .257 Roberts, though none was a big bull. She also just puts a bullet in the right place and watches them fall over.

Every year I lend my 257 Roberts to a 13 then 14 and last season a 15 year old and now a young man. He has shot 5 elk with it in 5 shots including a very nice 5 point bull last season. Then there is a pickup truck of deer that he has shot. Yes, Sam would not know the difference between any caliber and could care less. He just's shoot elk with what ever type of bullet that is available. By the time he graduates from high school he will have shot 10 elk and many, many deer and some antelope.