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Re: Pic of My .300 Rum! She is all ready... Lets see your Elk Gun...
« Reply #45 on: October 08, 2013, 08:30:20 PM »
There is alot of good lookin elk guns posted here.  :tup:

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Re: Pic of My .300 Rum! She is all ready... Lets see your Elk Gun...
« Reply #46 on: October 08, 2013, 11:19:58 PM »
This is what i'm using this year...

Remington 700 1/7.75 twist .243




For elk???  :o

Seen a few elk drop in their tracks from .243.    Easy caliber to shoot and put the bullet right where it belongs.

And quite a bit more energy than .308
not to be argumentative but are you sure about that?

Yes

At 500 the .243 is a little better than even

At 800 the .243 beats the .308 by 20%

Using real world velocities and the Berger  175 VLD in the 308  @2750, (973 FP @ 800 yards)   and Berger 105 VLD in the 243 @2975, (767 FP @ 800 yards) the 308 has more energy from the muzzle all the way out to 1760 yards.

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Re: Pic of My .300 Rum! She is all ready... Lets see your Elk Gun...
« Reply #47 on: October 09, 2013, 08:32:55 PM »
2750 fps seems pretty fast to me for a .308? A 175 grain bullet in a .308 should be seeing speeds of about 2600 fps.

I have no interest in them though so I could be wrong.
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Re: Pic of My .300 Rum! She is all ready... Lets see your Elk Gun...
« Reply #48 on: October 09, 2013, 08:55:51 PM »
 ;)

Idaho Gal, is it just me or does your husbands muzzle break look crooked!   :dunno: Maybe it's just me! Are you hunting this Year?

Lets see your Safe Queen  :chuckle:
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Re: Pic of My .300 Rum! She is all ready... Lets see your Elk Gun...
« Reply #49 on: October 09, 2013, 09:03:10 PM »
it's just you 400.  :tup:

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Re: Pic of My .300 Rum! She is all ready... Lets see your Elk Gun...
« Reply #50 on: October 09, 2013, 09:05:48 PM »
Yeah maybe!


Or maybe it's the city park camp ground that makes it look funny  :chuckle:
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Re: Pic of My .300 Rum! She is all ready... Lets see your Elk Gun...
« Reply #51 on: October 09, 2013, 09:07:52 PM »
You know that's my backyard looser.
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Re: Pic of My .300 Rum! She is all ready... Lets see your Elk Gun...
« Reply #52 on: October 09, 2013, 09:10:36 PM »
;)

Idaho Gal, is it just me or does your husbands muzzle break look crooked!   :dunno: Maybe it's just me! Are you hunting this Year?

Lets see your Safe Queen  :chuckle:
Oh wait I see it now! Offer still stands!  ;)
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Re: Pic of My .300 Rum! She is all ready... Lets see your Elk Gun...
« Reply #53 on: October 09, 2013, 09:12:24 PM »
Ya Im hunting this.

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Re: Pic of My .300 Rum! She is all ready... Lets see your Elk Gun...
« Reply #54 on: October 09, 2013, 10:58:14 PM »
This is what i'm using this year...

Remington 700 1/7.75 twist .243




For elk???  :o

Seen a few elk drop in their tracks from .243.    Easy caliber to shoot and put the bullet right where it belongs.

And quite a bit more energy than .308
not to be argumentative but are you sure about that?

Yes

At 500 the .243 is a little better than even

At 800 the .243 beats the .308 by 20%

Using real world velocities and the Berger  175 VLD in the 308  @2750, (973 FP @ 800 yards)   and Berger 105 VLD in the 243 @2975, (767 FP @ 800 yards) the 308 has more energy from the muzzle all the way out to 1760 yards.

2750?  wow.

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Re: Pic of My .300 Rum! She is all ready... Lets see your Elk Gun...
« Reply #55 on: October 10, 2013, 12:41:23 AM »
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Re: Pic of My .300 Rum! She is all ready... Lets see your Elk Gun...
« Reply #56 on: October 10, 2013, 11:53:12 AM »
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Re: Pic of My .300 Rum! She is all ready... Lets see your Elk Gun...
« Reply #57 on: October 11, 2013, 01:53:32 PM »
Kimber Montana in 325 WSM topped with a Swarovski 3-10x42.   200gr Barnes Triple shocks in front of 65grs of AA 3100.  Its done the job on three elk in the last 5 years.

As far as the 243 having more energy then the 308 isnt really that accurate. 90% of the time the 308 has more energy. But both will do the trick on an elk if used correctly.
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Re: Pic of My .300 Rum! She is all ready... Lets see your Elk Gun...
« Reply #58 on: October 11, 2013, 02:46:49 PM »
Kimber Montana in 325 WSM topped with a Swarovski 3-10x42.   200gr Barnes Triple shocks in front of 65grs of AA 3100.  Its done the job on three elk in the last 5 years.

As far as the 243 having more energy then the 308 isnt really that accurate. 90% of the time the 308 has more energy. But both will do the trick on an elk if used correctly.

Run the numbers for a 165 gr Gameking (.404 bc) and a 105 gr Berger VLD hunter ( .532bc). The .243 AND .308 are even at 450 and the .243 takes over from there.

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Re: Pic of My .300 Rum! She is all ready... Lets see your Elk Gun...
« Reply #59 on: October 11, 2013, 07:04:47 PM »
Kimber Montana in 325 WSM topped with a Swarovski 3-10x42.   200gr Barnes Triple shocks in front of 65grs of AA 3100.  Its done the job on three elk in the last 5 years.

As far as the 243 having more energy then the 308 isnt really that accurate. 90% of the time the 308 has more energy. But both will do the trick on an elk if used correctly.

Run the numbers for a 165 gr Gameking (.404 bc) and a 105 gr Berger VLD hunter ( .532bc). The .243 AND .308 are even at 450 and the .243 takes over from there.
Might as well run the 110 grain round nose out of the 308 and the 115 Dtac out of the 243, that way you can catch the 308 RFN.

 


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