Post by: Heavily Armed Hiker on January 03, 2009, 10:21:02 PM
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Post by: mossback91 on January 04, 2009, 12:15:59 AM
Just check they are pushing over 4000 ftlbs of energy and that will flat out bore a hole through an elk for sure
Could even be called "knock down power" :chuckle:
Post by: Huntbear on January 04, 2009, 12:25:32 AM
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Post by: edmondshunter on January 04, 2009, 04:14:42 PM
2nd. 30-06 220 core-lokt
3rd. .270 150 gr fusions
Post by: ICEMAN on January 04, 2009, 04:45:47 PM
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Post by: demontang on January 04, 2009, 07:50:57 PM
Post by: Slenk on January 04, 2009, 08:05:27 PM
#2 - .280 , 160 gr. Sierra Game Kings
#3 -.270 , 150gr. Sierra Game Kings
All in Savage Long Action 111s
#4 - 7mm08 , 160 gr. Sierra Game Kings
Stevens 200 Short action
Slenk
Post by: Crunchy on January 04, 2009, 08:11:07 PM
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Post by: Bru14 on January 05, 2009, 07:49:24 PM
Post by: Charlie on January 05, 2009, 08:33:57 PM
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.300RUM+1
Post by: finnman on January 06, 2009, 08:19:53 AM
They get that look :o :owhen you hit 'em with it!
Post by: 12Gauge on January 06, 2009, 07:08:08 PM
2. 7X57 Mauser 160grns Barnes TSX
3. 8X57 Mauser 180grns Barnes TSX
Post by: Slider on January 06, 2009, 07:42:42 PM
Post by: blindpig on January 09, 2009, 04:20:43 PM
Post by: TheHunt on January 10, 2009, 08:02:50 PM
338 RUM 210 grain Burger
Both are dead...
Archery... The T-Lock really does a great job on an elk.
Post by: !Xabbu on January 10, 2009, 08:09:14 PM
Quote.300RUM+1
+2
I handload it with 165 grain balistic tips
Post by: fc2038 on January 11, 2009, 11:52:45 AM
and for the brush Marlin 45/70 with those leverevolutions 325 grain I believe
Post by: Opportunist on January 12, 2009, 03:01:54 AM
Post by: Remmark on January 21, 2009, 09:55:01 PM
#2 Remington 760 pump, .308 win, same bullet
#3 Remington 760 pump carbine (peep sights), .30-06, same bullet
#4 savage 99, .300 savage (peep sights), same bullet
Post by: colockumelk on January 22, 2009, 11:18:35 AM
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Post by: TeacherMan on January 22, 2009, 04:50:15 PM
Post by: TeacherMan on January 22, 2009, 04:53:07 PM
I've actually killed more with my bow and a 100gr muzzy and my 243 :chuckle:
Bow - 5 kills (5 shots)
243 - 2 kills (2 shots)
338 ultra - 1 kill (ya only 1 shot)
Post by: ponyboy156 on January 25, 2009, 09:38:13 AM
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Post by: woodswalker on January 30, 2009, 11:45:08 AM
the rest have been with my 30-06, 165 grain Nosler Solid Base (LONG out of production...I had 1000 of them) over a solid dose of IMR 4350. Now working on a TSX/MRX load as well as some others.
Also want to try out my R-700 in 35 Whelen Ackley Improved with a 225-250 grainer.
Post by: strutnrut1984 on January 30, 2009, 12:00:28 PM
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Post by: h2ofowlr on February 06, 2009, 02:45:56 PM
Post by: runningboard on February 06, 2009, 06:40:16 PM
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Now working on a TSX/MRX load as well as some others.I have a 35 Whelen Ackley Improved built on a Mauser 98, shoot 225 Partitions and am working on load for 225 TSX's.
Also want to try out my R-700 in 35 Whelen Ackley Improved with a 225-250 grainer
Post by: firecrotch on February 06, 2009, 08:14:49 PM
Post by: 700xcr on February 07, 2009, 09:54:19 AM
.270 WSM 140 grain berger VLDWould you share your load information? Just started to load the 150gr. VLD.
Post by: GoPlayOutside on February 07, 2009, 10:04:11 AM
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Post by: colockumelk on February 07, 2009, 07:58:27 PM
I remember twenty years ago when the .30-06 was considered the best elk gun out there. I remember ten years ago when the 7mm or the .300 mag was considered the best elk gun out there. Today all I read about is how anything less than a .338 and your just wasting your time because everything else is just too light. What has happened to our elk has their hide somehow started to grow kevlar? Why was the .30-06 okay back in the day but is now far too weak? I think people are trying to compensate for poor shot placement. Think about this my bow has maybe 75 foot poundsof kinetic energy and if put through a bulls lungs the guy wont make it 50 yards. A .30-06 has like what 2,000 lbs of kinetic energy and today is considered too light. What are people and magazines thinking?
But to answer the question I'd use a BowTech Admiral firing a 10gpi carbon arrow with a 125 grain 3-blade muzzy. If I couldn't use that then I'd use my T/C Blackdiamond XTR .50cal with 100 grains of pyrodex pellets firing a 250 Hornady SST-ML. If I couldn't use that then I'd use my Winchester Model 70 in .30-06 firing a 180 grain Nosler Partition. If I couldn't use that then I'd tie my K-Bar to a broom stick and chase em down on foot. If I couldn't use that then I'd jump out of a tree and roundhouse kick them to the face like Chuck Norris. :) :bdid:
Post by: 270Shooter on February 07, 2009, 08:01:05 PM
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Post by: Buckshot Bill on February 07, 2009, 09:33:18 PM
Post by: WAPITIHUNTER on February 07, 2009, 09:43:28 PM
If I am Bow Hunting It is a Gold Tip Big Game 100+ tipped with a 3 blade fixed broadhead of some sort. 450 to 480 grains at 280-300 fps out of my Hoyt with an 80 pound draw +-.
Post by: colockumelk on February 08, 2009, 09:40:40 AM
Since I was a kid I've shot a 300 Weatherby Mag usually 165 gr. Nosslers or 180 gr. Nosslers. It's what dad raised me on and seemed to always work fine. I like they way they reach and touch em, elk or deer. A 300-400 yrd. shot is never a question when it comes to pullin the trigger and knowing it will knock them down no prob.
I hope I didn't come off as a big bore basher. There is nothing wrong with a bigger gun like the .300 mag. It's a great caliber especially for elk. I was just trying to point out the trend in the past 30 years in magazines that have decided that the "perfect" guns 20 years ago are now far too light for elk. I think many are trying to compensate big magnums for poor shot placement. If you grew u on the 300 I'm sure that you are an excellant shot with it. Unfortunately many people are scared of the kick and can't shoot for crap. I was always taught that shot placement was far more important than a big bang.
Ironically while gun and hunting magazines (the "experts") tell you that bigger is better and use nothing less than a .338. All of the books written by guides that I have read always shy away from the bigger calibers because they know most can't handle those big guns. They preach shot placement above all. And they are the experts.
Post by: 509er on February 08, 2009, 09:43:41 AM
Post by: Buckshot Bill on February 08, 2009, 11:14:23 AM
Since I was a kid I've shot a 300 Weatherby Mag usually 165 gr. Nosslers or 180 gr. Nosslers. It's what dad raised me on and seemed to always work fine. I like they way they reach and touch em, elk or deer. A 300-400 yrd. shot is never a question when it comes to pullin the trigger and knowing it will knock them down no prob.
I hope I didn't come off as a big bore basher. There is nothing wrong with a bigger gun like the .300 mag. It's a great caliber especially for elk. I was just trying to point out the trend in the past 30 years in magazines that have decided that the "perfect" guns 20 years ago are now far too light for elk. I think many are trying to compensate big magnums for poor shot placement. If you grew u on the 300 I'm sure that you are an excellant shot with it. Unfortunately many people are scared of the kick and can't shoot for crap. I was always taught that shot placement was far more important than a big bang.
Ironically while gun and hunting magazines (the "experts") tell you that bigger is better and use nothing less than a .338. All of the books written by guides that I have read always shy away from the bigger calibers because they know most can't handle those big guns. They preach shot placement above all. And they are the experts.
You definitely didn't come across as a big bore basher. I didn't take it that way at all. As a matter of fact, I apologize if I came across defensively. I totally agree with shot placement being very important to a kill. I have many friends that shoot 30-30's and 30-06's and do just fine. I have a friend I'm trying to help teach how to hunt here in this state that is from Alabama that was raised to shoot at the neck. I know you can kill with neck shots but never attempt them as I don't believe it is a good place to hit an animal and it be an ethical kill. My :twocents: Seen game run way to far from neck shots and knowing they would eventually die but couldn't track or they run on private land and that's all she wrote. I get a kick though out of the reaction I get when I fire the 300 cannon :chuckle: If folks aren't expecting it they usually leave one of these :crap:
Post by: runningboard on February 08, 2009, 11:43:26 AM
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The next best thing around is a good pair of running shoes so you can get your tag on it before sombody else does.Amen to that, when a friend and young son spotted a spike and got set up for a shot, they took a shot then it sounded like they fired the first shot in a gunfight! over twenty shots by 6 different people before said elk was down. damn lucky no one got hurt that day!
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Since I was a kid I've shot a 300 Weatherby Mag usually 165 gr. Nosslers or 180 gr. Nosslers.I used to have one of those and loved it put over 1200 rounds thru it before I traded it off, now I have a pin in my left arm that limits my tolerance for recoil and my other shoulder has been ripped 3 times. I prefer not to shoot anything bigger than an 06 case. the last 4 elk I've gotten were taken with a 270 (3) and a 25-06 (1) they can't be anymore than dead anyway right?
Post by: firecrotch on February 08, 2009, 01:10:12 PM
.270 WSM 140 grain berger VLDWould you share your load information? Just started to load the 150gr. VLD.
no problem, im new to reloading, i just started reloading with a friend that has been doing it for years. i will get back to you on what we have
Post by: colockumelk on February 08, 2009, 01:32:26 PM
Post by: Fishnclifff on February 08, 2009, 08:53:59 PM
1 shot. :cue:
I still have the rest of the box in the safe. I figure at this rate I won't have to buy bullets for 2o yrs. :IBCOOL:
Post by: jsteplee on March 04, 2009, 09:15:10 PM
Now here's the real question. Both my kids just finished their hunter's safety courses this year, and if they go, I was thinking I'd have my daughter carry the .30-30. I can pretty much guarantee she won't be shooting at anything longer than 100 yards, and more likely than not, less than that.
Thoughts?
Post by: ICEMAN on March 05, 2009, 05:36:30 AM
Post by: Curly on March 05, 2009, 06:26:12 AM
Post by: woodswalker on March 05, 2009, 06:44:16 AM
I DO however have a Winchester M-70 in 300WM warming up in the bullpen...we shall see what i hunt with this year...on a Multi-season tag.
Post by: Slayock on March 05, 2009, 03:44:10 PM
270 140 GRAIN ACCUBOND :hello::yeah:
Post by: hoytem on March 06, 2009, 01:46:38 PM
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Post by: Archery King on April 12, 2009, 09:26:35 PM
Post by: lamar_hunter on April 13, 2009, 01:59:07 PM
I shoot a 300 wsm like alot of these guys from what I see, mine is a custom built with a bull barrel it shoots hand loaded 165 nosler accubond I've dropped two elk with two shots no problems!
i bet thats fun to pack.
Post by: WASHBCBOOK on April 13, 2009, 02:20:46 PM
Post by: JoshT on April 13, 2009, 02:37:58 PM
TEN POINT CROSSBOW WHACK UM AND STACK UM
Jackie Bushman... is that you?
Post by: GigPig on April 13, 2009, 03:11:33 PM
Post by: popeshawnpaul on April 13, 2009, 03:25:08 PM
Post by: Firing Pin on April 13, 2009, 04:59:34 PM
Post by: rosscrazyelk on April 13, 2009, 05:35:19 PM
.338 is the way to go
Post by: ACCUBOND on April 13, 2009, 06:31:15 PM
Post by: Heavily Armed Hiker on April 13, 2009, 09:30:51 PM
Post by: Dirty Mike on April 13, 2009, 10:17:56 PM
Post by: ACCUBOND on April 14, 2009, 06:41:38 AM
Post by: ivarhusa on April 14, 2009, 07:36:32 PM
Use your big guns if you can shoot them, but I will "stick to my guns" (for myself).
Post by: 400out on April 14, 2009, 07:38:02 PM
I shoot a 300 wsm like alot of these guys from what I see, mine is a custom built with a bull barrel it shoots hand loaded 165 nosler accubond I've dropped two elk with two shots no problems!
i bet thats fun to pack.
[/qu ote] Hey thats what my dad said and yeah its heavy but your only young and dumb once! :chuckle: I'm sure someday I'll leave it on the big hikes but for now it's sweet to use for at&t shots it you know what I mean ;)
Post by: wsmnut on April 15, 2009, 07:10:30 AM
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Post by: ArtistNhunter2 on April 30, 2009, 04:27:23 PM
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Post by: pinetree on June 28, 2009, 09:23:00 PM
OOOPPPSSS may wrong place for this !!!
Post by: Rhino on June 29, 2009, 09:32:00 AM
Post by: BoomWhop on June 29, 2009, 11:27:51 AM
Post by: colockumelk on June 29, 2009, 04:50:02 PM
.50 T/C Black Diamond XT. 100 Grains American Powder Loose, 300 Grain Hornady SST easy load.
Post by: CampCoffee on June 29, 2009, 09:14:29 PM
Post by: Fish4Fun on July 01, 2009, 07:15:24 AM
That 3 point Blacktail was the newest member of the .300 Weatherby O.S.O.K. Club. :chuckle:
Post by: Intruder on July 01, 2009, 07:35:55 AM
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Post by: pyramus on July 01, 2009, 12:06:05 PM
Post by: Pat/Rick on July 01, 2009, 06:45:41 PM
7.62x54R w/ S&B 180's
.30-30 w/remington 170's....(Marlins or Savage not some winchester "thing")
hunt close, shot placement.
Post by: ing on July 02, 2009, 06:34:02 AM
Post by: h2ofowlr on July 02, 2009, 08:31:45 AM
Post by: Fish4Fun on July 02, 2009, 11:03:53 AM
:mgun:
No No No, that is the Duck gun, elk and deer are O.S.O.K ( One Shot One Kill ) which means NO Trigger time. Duck and goose hunting is where we get trigger time :IBCOOL:
Post by: alanger on July 02, 2009, 11:07:30 AM
Post by: 6x6in6 on July 02, 2009, 12:50:42 PM
For the brush beating moments, 444 Marlin and Hornaday Leverolution's.
Semi-Retired and the back-up to the 338, M77 7 mag with 175 gr Partitions.
Post by: HUNT on July 02, 2009, 01:56:27 PM
But I just bought a 7mm RUM, we'll see how it does with 140 gr barnes ttsx.
Post by: Sneekee23 on July 03, 2009, 12:45:10 PM
Post by: ACCUBOND on July 04, 2009, 11:59:39 PM
Post by: MooseStock on July 05, 2009, 09:12:09 AM