when asked by visiting relatives this past turkey day about my favorite choice for elk rifles, I showed them 3; a Weatherby Lazermark 340 mag-brandishing a new Leupold 4.5-14x scope mounted & sighted in 2007, a Browning A-bolt (old style blued) in 300winmag-Leupold 3.5-10x and an pre-64 Win Mdl 70 in 30-06, Leupold 2-7x..
the Weatherby (gift rifle from a past woman in my life) has never been in the field during elk season thus is off the gun rack purty but my old Browning(15 years so far) is the workhorse. And the A-bolt kicks like a work horse too
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The model 70, a rifle handed down during my youth, has earned its place of retirement in the gun vault.
I notice the recoil of the 300win mag more than the 340 Weatherby. But the recoil doesn't bother me enough to affect my shooting accuracy. I'd have it ported/muzzle braked but dang, it shoots dime tight groups at 100 yds and I don't want to mess with it. Plus it easily reaches out to my self imposed limit of 450yds...if unable to stalk closer to my preferred max range of 350-400yds.
love my old Browning but don't care much for the look of the stainless models. Friend has stainless model and likes it very much.
