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caliber and rifle for elk backup, practice and targets
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<blockquote data-quote="ToKeepAndBear" data-source="post: 910058" data-attributes="member: 34194"><p>How about a 308? Your requirements match the caliber perfectly. Who cares if it has more wind drift than some of the other calibers mentioned? The more wind drift, the better you get at reading the wind. It will make your 300 seem easy. It has tremendous barrel life and ammo (both hunting and target) is abundant. It is plenty for elk out to 600 yards. My 308 hunting load is the 200 Sierra Gameking at 2571fps out of a 20 inch barrel. With a DA of 9000 feet (my DA from first season CO this year), at 650 yards it has 24 inches wind drift with 10mph wind and 1514 ft/lbs energy. </p><p></p><p>TKAB</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ToKeepAndBear, post: 910058, member: 34194"] How about a 308? Your requirements match the caliber perfectly. Who cares if it has more wind drift than some of the other calibers mentioned? The more wind drift, the better you get at reading the wind. It will make your 300 seem easy. It has tremendous barrel life and ammo (both hunting and target) is abundant. It is plenty for elk out to 600 yards. My 308 hunting load is the 200 Sierra Gameking at 2571fps out of a 20 inch barrel. With a DA of 9000 feet (my DA from first season CO this year), at 650 yards it has 24 inches wind drift with 10mph wind and 1514 ft/lbs energy. TKAB [/QUOTE]
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