Top 5 Rifle Cartridges for Elk
Wife hunting rifle caliber selection... - Long Range Only
If you don't hunt elk too often I'd just let her use the 300 Win on those occasions and get her a good deer rifle. Something like a 7mm-08, 270 ...
Best all around Elk Caliber? - Weatherby Nation
For an Elk specific cartridge it is hard to beat the .340 W.M. E.W.. Logged. Aaron.
The 20th Century's Top Rifle Cartridge | AfricaHunting.com
375 H&H Magnum as one of the top dozen of the 20th century simply because few other cartridges do so many things so well. It is just powerful ...
Best hunting caliber for barrel length 16.5-20" | Sniper's Hide Forum
The 7-08 with the Hornady 150 ELDX would excell at the longer shots, the 139-140 class for typical hunting shituations. It's hard to beat.
Favorite Elk Hunting Cartridge - Montana Sporting Journal
I know a very accomplished, experienced hunter who chooses .22-250 (legal in Montana) More often, the choices range from .308, 7mm-08 or .25-06 ...
Bullet choice for a .308 Win. back-up elk rifle.
I would say 165 BT or AB, whichever shoots best. Gives you a bit of heft for penetration and at .308 speeds should have good terminal performance out to any ...
The Perfect Caribou Rifle - Hunting Rangifer Tarandus
257 Weatherby is probably a good place to start. Better still yet is something in the 6.5mm category; cartridges like the .260 Remington, the ...
30-06 ammo for elk | All Things Habitat - Lets talk.....
Definitely can find a good deer and elk bullet with little to no problems. What gun are you using? IF the gun is lightweight, I'd lean ...
Best elk cartridges for under 100 yards? - The Firing Line Forums
I would guess the most common cartridge you will find the lighter/more compact bolt rifles in will be the 308 Win. If you can place a good 165 ...
Rifle Elk Caliber and Bullet Choice for 2023 | Hunt Talk
.50 cal Encore, 250 grain Barnes TEZ copper, probably 777 100-110 grains powder behind it. We will see in the next month or so. Open sights also ...
Elk Hunting Cartridges and Calibers - Randy Newberg's thoughts
. Deer cartridges/calibers, with good bullets, placed in the right place, make excellent elk cartridges ... Randy's 5 BIGGEST Elk Hunting ...
Efficient big game cartridges that do well in short barrels
I am curious what cartridges you would recommend for game up to the size of elk/moose, using 180-200gr bullets, and that work well ...
The 5 best elk cartridges for hunters who don't want to buy another rifle
Most hunters agree you need a serious big-game rifle like a .375 H&H or .416 Rigby that can punch through and break bones at long range.
Favorite Big Game Cartridge for Elk and Moose | Long Range Only
for mule deer bucks on up to elk, moose and buffalo. A 7mm or 6.5 for everything else from doe to antelope. I've taken a couple pretty good ...
Hunting & Fishing - Short action elk cartridge? | Sniper's Hide Forum
My first choice would be .284 Winchester, but the SA limits the cartridge a bit. .308 Win or .338 Federal would work too at 300 yards or closer.
Dear Ron: What cartridge should I pick? - Ron Spomer Outdoors
The 270 would probably be my pick, but you can't go wrong with the 308 Win, either. I'd go with the 7mm if you were also toying with trying elk, moose, and ...
Short barrel 1000 yard elk cartridge | Long Range Hunting Forum
338 Norma mag, if you want the best elk whalloping ability, I would go .338 or larger. If you want a repeater, this is what I would look at. A 9 ...
Best Elk Cartridge in the World?? - 24hourcampfire
For me, number one choice and the one I've taken all my most difficult shots on elk with is the 6.5x284 Winchester (now standardized by ...
Ideal rifle/caliber for Elk | Utah Wildlife Forum
270 is a perfectly great caliber for Elk IMO. It's well within the energy needed and like any gun you need to know how to shoot it. If you ...
Best "all-around" rifle caliber for big game hunting?
375 H&H, just like it has been since 1912." by Craig Boddington, "Big-Game Rifles," Petersen's HUNTING, April 1998, p. 53. "Brown Bear: The ...