dhbikerczar
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This is strictly my opinion and it's completely based on my experiences. Also I am not a great elk hunter. I've taken some but I'm not one of those guys that takes one or more every year.I was going to build a lightweight elk rifle in 7 SAUM. I have a NIB Christensen Arms Summit Ti Thumbhole in 270 WSM and was wondering if the WSM is a 500 yard elk rifle?
According to the test target, the CA shoots 1/2" with 130 grain Nosler Accubonds. I would rather use the rifle I have instead of building a new rifle. Thanks in advance!
My uncle and grandfather are the types that have taken one each every year for 30-ish years.
I have helped my grandfather clean and butcher 3 elk with 270 bullets in them. 2 had completely healed over and one looked several days old. I'm not a fan of 270 for elk. I have also taken elk with a 6.5 SAUM. It got the job done, but the one time was enough to show to me that the 6.5 SAUM (or 6.5 PRC) just doesn't have enough mass or expansion to make up for any slight error. Sure, a million elk have been killed with 6.5 CM, but I suspect there's a lot of elk running around with 6.5mm pieces of lead in them too. Even this last week at the local range i was talking to a guy that swears he had a perfect 500 yard shot with his 6.5 PRC on an elk but missed. He didn't see where he missed. When I said "maybe you hit it and just didn't put it down". He was 100%convinced it should fall in it's tracks. I've seen a perfect lung shot elk (6.5mm) travel a mile before falling down. I've put down some elk with the 30-06. I would take a 30-06 or anything more powerful in .308" or bigger for elk. I've never had an elk go more than 10 yards with a .308" bullet and a lung shot.