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i didnt know rocky mtn/rooselvelt/merriam ELK INHABITED FRANCE! hmmmmm???WTF!
heres the drill for all you NON HUNTERS!
1) 30.06/.300 win mag/.338 win mag......................all with heavy bullets..........PERIOD! or 45.70 if yer not a wimp and yer shoulder can handle it!
dont like the win mag's kick.....................MUZZLE BREAK IT! a .338 braked feels less than a .270. and when adrenalin is pumping you aint gonna feel a damn thing.
2) .308 and its entire family are very light and lack the UMMMPPPH to penetrate thick hides bones. .308 with a heavy bullet would be ok for say 200yds at the most. that is unless YA WANNA TRACK THE SOB a FEW MILES TRUDGING ACROSS THE TUNDRA MILE AFTER MILE PLAYING NANOOK OF THE NORTH AT DARK! oh boy ask me how the FEEK I KNOW!
3) why in hells name buy a bastid round unless yer gonna reload? and even then material(bullets/cases) will be spendy due to lack of general sales.
4) cant tell you how many times i have heard "yeah i shot it with a 7mm "MAGNUM" and nailed it! "so ahhh where is it?" " ahhhh it ran off!"
5) close in work.................45/70 hands down. 6.5 pound rifle.
6) reach out and touch them................30.06(heavy bullet)/300 win mag/.338 win mag/.375 H&H with damn good optics. leupold/zeiss/swarvorski.
7) if you get drawn for a bull elk, and you use some piss ant caliber................you should have yer huevos cut off and nailed to a tree, for not bringing ENOUGH UMMMPPHH TO KNOCK THE LIVING HELL OUT OF THEM AND PUT THEM DOWN!
8) my .308's were used by me over the years and i was damn lucky to recover my elk. close or long range. cuz each and every damn time NO MATTER HOW ACCURATE THE TEXTBOOK SHOT......................THEY RAN! and it really really REALLY SUCKS when its 5pm and ITS SNOWING! so i got edumacated and read those books called "BALLISTICS" and spoke to real live honest to gawd rifle builders. and we built a 26" barrel WINCHESTER M-70 at MCMILLIAN FIREARMS w/leupold 4.5 x 14x 50 mil-dot reticle and it shoots .559 groups all day every day,with custom black moly 250gr bullets.
9) 45/70 and .338 win mag.............................they dont move very far if AT ALL!ask me how i know. i have ANCHORED(1-shot-1-kill) quite a few over my years.
10) we hunt elk in some damn nasty country here, and the last thing ya want is to have to chase them.
11) yer ELK TAG FOR AIRY-ZONEY IS DUE FEB. 8th 2011......................BE THERE OR BE SQUARE!
AND BRING E-NUFF GUN!
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if there are TROUT..........there are BEARS!
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