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Originally Posted by MT930

7mm-08, 243, 270, 308. Great Deer & Antelope cartridges.

7MM Mag & 300 Win Mag are good Elk & Moose cartridges
270 Works but can fall short if off on shot placement by a little. It's still very popular here in MT for Elk. I think it's a little light myself.

My Barber shoots Elk every year with 243. Poor choice, asking for a long walk in the woods.

Go big you'll go home faster.

Exactly! I can say that my .257 Roberts HAS taken both elk and deer...

But as soon as I could afford my Ruger M-77 in 7mm Rem. Mag., the 257 and Winchester 30-30 came on elk hunts only as backup guns.

As far as being "expert" in shot placement is concerned? I'd suggest following my deceased buddy's advice. When I asked him the best shot placement for Elk, he responded: "Shoot the summabich in the shoulder...then shuck in another shell, and shoot him in the shoulder again....and again!" Folks who live near and work in the Oregon woods may not have studied all the science of ballistics, but they do seem to know what works!

"Bigger Club theory"...Magnum rifles...it works!