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many threads will we have?

This is a book with over 1000 pages listing cartridges.





Will we need as many threads?

Recently we had:

.300 Savage for elk
Elk with a .270
.30-30 for elk what bullet...
.338 Federal (you guessed it) for elk
7mm-08 what bullet for elk of all things
8x57 Mauser - for elk
7 Rem. Mag. - special new kind corelokt for elk?
.264 Win Mag. for elk

Here is it Elk hunting in a nut shell:

Cartridges are more alike then different.

Placement, bullet, cartridge (if in doubt - .30-06 Sprg.)

Wool and hunt the wind.

Best binos you can afford.

Scope is secondary - midrange variable (max. 10x).
Pick a reliable one.

Physical condition is more important than MOA - best is both.

Plan for when you have your elk down - logistics.

Above are not mine, just bits picked up around the fire.
I thank other posters for their contributed wisdom.

Rant over. Flame on.

yep! one could condense all those words down to just 7. "get a 30-06 and some 180gr partitions" but what would folks argue/debate then?

Wool? That's sooo 70's.

I like that one...

Yeah, cmg - there are more different cartridges avail than animal species to be hunted.

It gets pretty funny sometimes, but I enjoy learning about how someone did with their "whatever" cartridge & bullet anyway.

Regards, Guy

Guy - true that.

It is not so much the "I did" - thread that enerve me, but the "seek advise, but want approval" - threads.

Brad,

thought you would.

Smokepole,

nothing wrong with that, right. Worked then, works now.

Wool is....old school. Old school works.

You mean, like a .30-06 or a .270? Can't be, look at the cartridge threads. What'd you kill that one with, out of curiosity?

The only wool I like is between my wife's legs ;-)

They say the good wool doesnt itch......laffin!

laughin'!


Nice high horns mulie BTW.

Look at all those cartridges! Apparently we have a lot of threads yet to come!

No wonder I keep getting the .17 Rem confused with the .50 BMG..........

You're not very bright though... (grin).

Huh?

Now that we got agreement on the caliber, we need a thorough discussion of the best bullet weight and type.

I bet we all end up with either a TSX or Nosler Partition !

I could argue for the 200gr Swift A Frame or a 220 grain cup/core bullet. Or how about an M1 Garand using the bayonet for the final dispatch?

Too many bullets...too little time.

Or you could load up some 200 gr Partitions and be happy.

Yup, and when that is done (yeah, like it ever will be) then think of the all the bullet threads to follow!

Hemi