Tell us about your elk rifle, and cartridge?

[stanley]

Correction: My Remington is a 7400..... ( I made a typo). Picked it up while in college for $70! Hunted with it with open sites for several years....

 

Long live the semi-auto rifle!!! Especially the BAR's!!! Had a friend with one of the Remington pump 30-06 models. Good/fun/reliable rifles!

 

S.

 

[Nmhunter]

325 WSM HS Precision 2000P. 300 WSM HS Precision 2000P (backup)

 

 

[Nmhunter]

[DesertBull]

Those are nice. What do you consider your max range on an elk?

[bowhuntaz1]

Matthews LX with a Gold Tip Arrow sporting pink Dirt Nap Broad Heads.

[Nmhunter]

FT/lbs 1405 @ 350 yds. velocity over 1900 fps. with 180 gr nosler.

my max range for me with a solid rest is 350 yds.

the longest big game animal ( elk size & larger)taken was an Oryx in NM at 255 yds ranged.

antelope and deer have been taken further out than the the 350 limit for elk.

nmhunter

[280REM]

Written by 280REM's son;

 

I shoot a 308 model 700 with a 22" barrel and a muzzle break, topped with a Burris Fullfield II 3-9x scope. My father(the master of reloading) and I got the 155 grain Berber VLD Hunting bullet to fly at 2700fps over 44 grains of Varget.

 

this is purely a cow elk gun! Will not go out with a 308 for a bull as I think you need more gun. I shot a cow at 350 yards in October 2013, I hit her in the lungs but we did not see her go down. we couldn't find any blood but finally found her, fifty yards from where she was when I shot. the Berger bullet went in and immediately blew up, but it never put down any blood. it did do its job on the inside but it would be hard to track her if I didn't make a lethal shot, from now on I will use Accubonds. with these loads and this gun I was consistently hitting the rams out at 500 meters and having good groups at that.

[Titanium700]

Remington 700TI in .308 winchester with a leupold 2.5x8 with M1 turret shooting handloaded 168 grain Barnes tsx's

(I currently do not have an updated pic)

 

 

 

 

 

Remington 700 ML .50 cal with a leupold 3.5x10 CDS dial shooting 250 Barnes Expander MZ's

(Again I need to update my pics)

 

 

 

Matthews Z7 blacked out 30" draw 70 lbs shooting ACC 3-60's with 100 grain Slicktricks and this year I am going to experiment with Rage 100 grain Hypodermics.

(Not really a mechanical guy but always willing to have 1st hand experience. )

[cosninocanines]

Ruger M77 in 7MM Rem Mag with 175 gr express Core Lokt Rem ammo.

 

I purchased this rifle new from Big State in Flagstaff in 1975 and it's the only rifle I hunt with just change the projectile.

[daverp]

Ruger #77 MkII in .270 shooting handloaded 130 gr. Barnes TSX. Leupold VXII 2-7 with low profile elev turret. It's dropped 2 so far...hoping for #3 in November.

[azheadhunter]

Remington model 700p 26" bull barrel in 308 win. Shooting a Hornady match hollow point 168 grain

[reganranch]

204 Ruger ain't no thang.

[Willflow]

300RUM Sender early build as the serial no. Indictates 1998. Bedded and channeled rem gray laminate stock with timny mount for the B&L elite 3000. And a 4 port muscle brake.2.8 lb trigger.

[jeremiahjohnson]

Rem mdl 700cdl 300 rum 6.5-14x40 Leopold, with 200 grn accubonds with 88grns of rl25. Its the hammer of god!!

[murfys69law]

Browning A Bolt 300 win mag 180 grn cor-loct 72 grns IMR 4350 @ 3000+ fps 3x9 Redfiled accu-trac..my dial an elk.