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You should not give up. You can still go hunting just use some of them there bullets that have no KE and you won’t have to worry about...

Get real. 25 years ? Wow. I'm going on 68 and I still can spell mule deer correctly. Money doesn't buy experience or knowledge. I...

I am not saying that a 6mm bullet is not effective for elk. I am saying that I would not use the shoulder shot with a 6cm unless at...

Just last week. Father-in-law with my wife. This was his second elk ever and it had been 40 years since his last one. 6x47 Lapua I...

It sounds to me like you have a perfect excuse to buy a new gun!

I prefer the shoulder shot also. I definitely wouldn’t try that with a 6 cm but I’m sure someone on this thread will say it’s no problem. 🙄

That’s very impressive! I have not shot anything with the 6cm that I haven’t been impressed by though. One thing is if I had to take a...

I live in the Rockies..........so yeah that's where I hunt. And how about you? I take it you have a lot of elk and experience with elk...

Has anybody seen the OP since first page? Hmmmm.... I think he started all this on purpose to watch. 😆😆😆

I would go with your first sentence. 340 is my preferred rifle, but I have used 30-06, 300 WM and 300 Wby. I have started in the 6.5 ca...

My 338 MV is 2679 with a 200 gn speer flat base. Book minimum load from factory 24 inch barrel. Sorry if numbers hurt your feelings.

Whatever 338 is going faster than 2421@ 100 yards with 225 gr bullet And the 6CM you can’t load it hot enough to run 2868@ 100 yards...

I think the more elk hunts a guy goes on, the more he will want a “larger caliber” rifle. I started out with a .270, then moved up to a...

I don’t get it. You’re spending Monet and time on a great animal. Why use a marginal caliber. I’ve shot 9 elk and have used 30 caliber...

I said that sarcastically, I'm not even considering taken anything smaller than a 7mm Elk hunting. I’m not sold on these bench rest...