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6.5 CM, 6.5 PRC Enough/Effective for Elk?
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<blockquote data-quote="19elkhunter51" data-source="post: 3037243" data-attributes="member: 14169"><p>I started killing elk with 165 grain Sierra GameKings. It only took one season for our group to figure out that elk were not just "big deer". Back in those days, there wasn't the selection of quality bullets we have today. My belief is you have to hit them first and then worry about terminal performance. Nosler partitions were the only affordable "quality " bullets and I could not get them to shoot in any of the rifles I was loading for at that time. I used 180 grain GameKings for a while until I was able to get the 180 grain TTSX to shoot. </p><p>My reason for the rambling story is that I don't want to be accused of shooting elk from behind the computer screen. It is my belief and opinion that as hunters, we owe respect to the elk to kill them in the most humane manner we can use. In my opinion, if you choose to use lighter calibers, you should make the stalk to get closer than 400 yards. </p><p>I venture to say that an awful lot of elk have been taken with 22 long rifle. Doesn't make it the best caliber for elk. </p><p>My experience, to quote some guy named Ruark, is to "use enough gun".</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="19elkhunter51, post: 3037243, member: 14169"] I started killing elk with 165 grain Sierra GameKings. It only took one season for our group to figure out that elk were not just "big deer". Back in those days, there wasn't the selection of quality bullets we have today. My belief is you have to hit them first and then worry about terminal performance. Nosler partitions were the only affordable "quality " bullets and I could not get them to shoot in any of the rifles I was loading for at that time. I used 180 grain GameKings for a while until I was able to get the 180 grain TTSX to shoot. My reason for the rambling story is that I don't want to be accused of shooting elk from behind the computer screen. It is my belief and opinion that as hunters, we owe respect to the elk to kill them in the most humane manner we can use. In my opinion, if you choose to use lighter calibers, you should make the stalk to get closer than 400 yards. I venture to say that an awful lot of elk have been taken with 22 long rifle. Doesn't make it the best caliber for elk. My experience, to quote some guy named Ruark, is to "use enough gun". [/QUOTE]
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