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Post by ridgecommander on Feb 3, 2023 8:23:39 GMT -5
This is an interesting discussion. Muttley has shot four and Loggy one. Everybody else is an expert on the "Best elk cartridge", lol.
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Post by Loggy on Feb 3, 2023 8:35:19 GMT -5
From left to right(Just looking at that 300 RUM makes my shoulder ache!! lol 30-06, 300 Win mag & 300 RUM |
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Post by dougl on Feb 3, 2023 9:07:00 GMT -5
This is an interesting discussion. Muttley has shot four and Loggy one. Everybody else is an expert on the "Best elk cartridge", lol. Really?Who claimed to be an expert?I believe Loggy was asking for opinions. |
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Post by moosemike on Feb 3, 2023 9:13:08 GMT -5
This is an interesting discussion. Muttley has shot four and Loggy one. Everybody else is an expert on the "Best elk cartridge", lol. And I've shot three Moose. I guess you're too dense to see any parallels however |
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Post by ridgecommander on Feb 3, 2023 9:19:05 GMT -5
This is an interesting discussion. Muttley has shot four and Loggy one. Everybody else is an expert on the "Best elk cartridge", lol. Really?Who claimed to be an expert?I believe Loggy was asking for opinions. Another bad attempt at humor. |
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Post by Loggy on Feb 3, 2023 9:22:19 GMT -5
Been reading a lil on the 300RUM and learned it was developed on the 416 Rigby case basically beingecked down etc to .308 diameter with significant increase of powder volume resulting vs the other 300's. Pretty much taking this choice off the table. The ole 30-06 sitting in the safe is looking friendlier all the time!  |
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Post by moosemike on Feb 3, 2023 9:27:32 GMT -5
Been reading a lil on the 300RUM and learned it was developed on the 416 Rigby case basically necked necked down etc. with significant increase of powder volume vs the other 300's. Pretty much taking this choice off the table. The ole 30-06 sitting in the safe is looking friendlier all the time! With regards to the magnums it just depends how serious you are about that 400 yard Elk. I have already settled in my mind I don't want one at that range so I'm able to forego the magnums. But for anybody who won't hesitate on a 400 yard Elk the magnum .30's are top choices |
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Post by rusty on Feb 3, 2023 9:27:55 GMT -5
Is a person presenting himself as an expert for simply having an opinion on a subject that he has given some thought to and probably some research.
People offer opinions on subjects they have no personal experience with all the time. I know a guy who claims that deer "die too hard" when shot with an arrow. He's old, but he does preface many of his opinions with, "Well, I ain't sayin' am an expert, but........
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Post by dougl on Feb 3, 2023 9:41:28 GMT -5
Really?Who claimed to be an expert?I believe Loggy was asking for opinions. Another bad attempt at humor. We'll have Will Smith bitch slap you then. |
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Post by Loggy on Feb 3, 2023 9:47:32 GMT -5
Good review on the Norma 30-06 180 grain Bondstrike Extreme Ammo
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Post by ridgecommander on Feb 3, 2023 10:50:39 GMT -5
My opinion is I don't know what the best elk cartridge is but if I ever draw a tag in the general season, I will be taking my 300 Winnie with 180 grain bonded bullets.
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Post by Dutch on Feb 3, 2023 12:31:35 GMT -5
Really?Who claimed to be an expert?I believe Loggy was asking for opinions. Another bad attempt at humor. You tend to bat a thousand on bad humor. 😂 |
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Post by Dutch on Feb 3, 2023 12:35:07 GMT -5
If I had a once in a lifetime tag, like in Pennsylvania, I'd buy a new gun, 300 Win Mag, then I'm good for any shot. If I happened to have a big one at 400 yds, it's going down.
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Post by Dutch on Feb 3, 2023 12:36:18 GMT -5
If I'm a resident of Montana, like my nephew, and had a cow tag, I'd take whatever gun I got.
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Post by moosemike on Feb 3, 2023 12:40:15 GMT -5
I just can't believe that I couldn't stalk closer than 400 yards. I've stalked them up there while deer hunting and got within good cell phone camera distance
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Post by Loggy on Feb 3, 2023 12:53:43 GMT -5
If I had a once in a lifetime tag, like in Pennsylvania, I'd buy a new gun, 300 Win Mag, then I'm good for any shot. If I happened to have a big one at 400 yds, it's going down. Had a 300 Winnie then sold it thinkin I got the 300 Winnie thingie out of my system then you gotta post that Dutch!! |
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Post by dougl on Feb 3, 2023 12:56:30 GMT -5
You can take a 400 yard shot in some places up here but you can also get a lot closer.Most hunters have no business taking a 400 yard shot anyway.More than a few elk get winged every year,More than a few are also not recovered with bows and crossbows.
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Post by Dutch on Feb 3, 2023 13:04:25 GMT -5
If I had a once in a lifetime tag, like in Pennsylvania, I'd buy a new gun, 300 Win Mag, then I'm good for any shot. If I happened to have a big one at 400 yds, it's going down. Had a 300 Winnie then sold it thinkin I got the 300 Winnie thingie out of my system then you gotta post that Dutch!! Â I'd have a Harris Bipod on the 300 Winnie as well. |
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Post by moosemike on Feb 3, 2023 13:46:50 GMT -5
If I had a once in a lifetime tag, like in Pennsylvania, I'd buy a new gun, 300 Win Mag, then I'm good for any shot. If I happened to have a big one at 400 yds, it's going down. Had a 300 Winnie then sold it thinkin I got the 300 Winnie thingie out of my system then you gotta post that Dutch!!  I've had several of them. Heck my email is a300winmagfan@yahoo.com. I just don’t want the punishment anymore. I even let the 30-06 go. |
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Post by Dutch on Feb 3, 2023 14:04:46 GMT -5
Had a 300 Winnie then sold it thinkin I got the 300 Winnie thingie out of my system then you gotta post that Dutch!!  I've had several of them. Heck my email is a300winmagfan@yahoo.com. I just don’t want the punishment anymore. I even let the 30-06 go. You have become woke. Pretty soon you have a creedmoor.🤣 |
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Post by Dutch on Feb 3, 2023 14:07:11 GMT -5
From left to right(Just looking at that 300 RUM makes my shoulder ache!! lol 30-06, 300 Win mag & 300 RUMLooking at a 30-06 makes my shoulder ache. Sold mine 15 years ago, been a 264 fan ever since |
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Post by moosemike on Feb 3, 2023 14:21:34 GMT -5
I've had several of them. Heck my email is a300winmagfan@yahoo.com. I just don’t want the punishment anymore. I even let the 30-06 go. You have become woke. Pretty soon you have a creedmoor.🤣 I tried last fall. Went into Shydas and told them I want a left hand 6.5 Creedmoor in the Ruger American. They said two weeks to get it in or we have the Predator in left hand but 243 right now. I got the 243 because I would have to wait. Trouble is I knew I was buying a 22-250 before Spring this year in the Savage Axis. Now I'll have a lot of overlap between the 22-250 and 243 |
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Post by Loggy on Feb 3, 2023 14:23:55 GMT -5
That 300 RUM looks like an anti-aircraft round!! Now,,,,,,if in the market(not that I am) for a 300 Winnie.......would it be Rem 700, X-Bolt, Savage, Ruger, Kimber etc?? |
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Post by moosemike on Feb 3, 2023 14:26:56 GMT -5
That 300 RUM looks like an anti-aircraft round!! Now,,,,,,if in the market(not that I am) for a 300 Winnie.......would it be Rem 700, X-Bolt, Savage, Ruger, Kimber etc?? Winchester 70 |
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Post by Dutch on Feb 3, 2023 21:30:14 GMT -5
You have become woke. Pretty soon you have a creedmoor.🤣 I tried last fall. Went into Shydas and told them I want a left hand 6.5 Creedmoor in the Ruger American. They said two weeks to get it in or we have the Predator in left hand but 243 right now. I got the 243 because I would have to wait. Trouble is I knew I was buying a 22-250 before Spring this year in the Savage Axis. Now I'll have a lot of overlap between the 22-250 and 243 Get the Mcarbo trigger spring kit for that Axis. Worst trigger I ever used, until I put the spring kit on. Amazing |
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