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    wilkup reacted to WeiserBucks's post in the thread 30-30 for elk? with Like Like.
    I'd be willing to bet a whole paycheck that more elk have been killed by a 30-30 than everyone on this forum multiplied by everyone they...
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    wilkup reacted to HSmithTX's post in the thread 30-30 for elk? with Like Like.
    150 grain cup and core bullets, power points or corelokt or blue box federal, doesn't really matter, those bullets are designed for the...
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    wilkup reacted to Schroedernd's post in the thread 30-30 for elk? with Like Like.
    I dropped my biggest blacktail ever with a Henry 357 lever action with Buffalo bore ammo last year. Their ammo is loaded hot and was...
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    wilkup reacted to Upsidedownjack's post in the thread 30-30 for elk? with Like Like.
    30-30 Win is kinda like the 303 Brit! Compared to todays different Artsty fantasy caliber’s. Not really much. But, more Game, and...
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    wilkup reacted to Koda_'s post in the thread 30-30 for elk? with Like Like.
    Hammer bullet design gives more velocity than others, im getting 2395fps with the 143gn Lever Hammer in my 30-30. The effective range...
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    wilkup reacted to Joe Bishop's post in the thread 30-30 for elk? with Like Like.
    That 30-30 is plenty of gun for those huge coastal elk. We hunted coastal elk for years in OR/WA, tough steep brushy country, most shots...
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    wilkup reacted to AussieWriter's post in the thread 30-30 for elk? with Like Like.
    I load 150gn Barnes TSX Cave Points in my Marlin over LeverRevolution powder for 2456 fps. Wouldn't think twice about using it on elk...
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    wilkup reacted to Palix-Dog's post in the thread 30-30 for elk? with Like Like.
    My dad killed his first 6 elk with a 30-30. Back in the 50's and 60's. Then he stepped up to a high powdered Savage 99 in 308. Granted...
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    wilkup reacted to Whitesmoke's post in the thread 30-30 for elk? with Like Like.
    My son shot a Tule cow elk at 210 yards with a Barnes 150 grain tsx…full pass through even at that range and it dropped in its tracks...
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    wilkup reacted to huntinghuasna's post in the thread 30-30 for elk? with Like Like.
    For any cartridge I'd go all copper. If going with the .30-30, choose a bullet and note minimum impact velocity for full expansion...
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    wilkup reacted to Poor_choices's post in the thread 30-30 for elk? with Like Like.
    The 30-30 will work fine, just keep the bullet off the shoulder and your ranges realistic. I shot an elk at 120 yards with a 30-30...
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    wilkup reacted to cohunt's post in the thread 30-30 for elk? with Haha Haha.
    Nah--- you can't kill anything with the measley 30-30-------nobody has ever killed anything with a 30-30 Can you hear me smirking? Dont...
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    wilkup reacted to med358-boise's post in the thread 30-30 for elk? with Like Like.
    This is not based on experience just physics. A 30-30 is a 308 Win is a 30-06 is 300 Win Mag it is simple a matter of distance. X...
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    wilkup reacted to gabal's post in the thread 30-30 for elk? with Like Like.
    I can't speak with any first hand knowledge , but have heard and read good things about the 170 grain Nosler Partition .
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    wilkup reacted to liltank's post in the thread 30-30 for elk? with Like Like.
    I’ll start with, I’ve never hunted Elk anywhere in the U.S. However, I have cousins and an uncle that grew up in CO. They’ve shot Elk...
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