Advice on 1000 yard elk hunting rig?

[WildRose]

Food for thought. I have a 300 Weatherby, Mark V Terramark, with a 26" barrel. I shoot Berger 215gr. Hybrids @ 2965FPS. This load is surprisingly easy on brass for me. If I do my part, this load shoots 1/2 MOA out to 800 yards. I haven't tested it further yet. Within the ranges I shot all I can say is this load is an absolute hammer. With the addition of an Accubrake the recoil is no more than a .308.

Now to respond to the post with a little more weight... I write this with tears, because of a new job I could not partake in "The Annual Elk Hunt" this year.

On Saturday, a friend of mine harvested a big 5x6 at 750 yards with a 300 Weatherby shooting a 210 Accubond LR. One shot DRT.

Sunday morning another friend of mine harvested a nice 6x6 @ 650 yards with a custom Hart barreled/ short throated 300 WBY shooting a 180gr Nosler Accubond @ 3230 FPS. One shot and the bull took a snow nap DRT.

Monday evening my friend's father harvested a 5x5 yesterday at 480 yards with a 1980's Mark V in 300 weatherby shooting box Nosler Custom 200gr partition @ ~2850FPS 1 Shot DRT.

I am impressed with all of the builds /chambering from various member within this forum. As far a myself and my hunting buddies, we are partial to Weatherby. In my experiences hunting and shooting from 50 to 1,300 yards I have not found a reason not to seek another cartridge.

Long live the belted magnum. And yes, you can bet your paycheck that this is the last hunting trip I miss!

 

[WildRose]

BLC, I could be wrong but I"m thinking you may want to reword this.

I have not found a reason not to seek another cartridge.

 

[WildRose]

Food for thought. I have a 300 Weatherby, Mark V Terramark, with a 26" barrel. I shoot Berger 215gr. Hybrids @ 2965FPS. This load is surprisingly easy on brass for me. If I do my part, this load shoots 1/2 MOA out to 800 yards. I haven't tested it further yet. Within the ranges I shot all I can say is this load is an absolute hammer. With the addition of an Accubrake the recoil is no more than a .308.

Now to respond to the post with a little more weight... I write this with tears, because of a new job I could not partake in "The Annual Elk Hunt" this year.

On Saturday, a friend of mine harvested a big 5x6 at 750 yards with a 300 Weatherby shooting a 210 Accubond LR. One shot DRT.

Sunday morning another friend of mine harvested a nice 6x6 @ 650 yards with a custom Hart barreled/ short throated 300 WBY shooting a 180gr Nosler Accubond @ 3230 FPS. One shot and the bull took a snow nap DRT.

Monday evening my friend's father harvested a 5x5 yesterday at 480 yards with a 1980's Mark V in 300 weatherby shooting box Nosler Custom 200gr partition @ ~2850FPS 1 Shot DRT.

I am impressed with all of the builds /chambering from various member within this forum. As far a myself and my hunting buddies, we are partial to Weatherby. In my experiences hunting and shooting from 50 to 1,300 yards I have not found a reason not to seek another cartridge.

Long live the belted magnum. And yes, you can bet your paycheck that this is the last hunting trip I miss!

I could be wrong but I"m thinking you may want to reword this.

 

[BLC3128]

I could be wrong but I"m thinking you may want to reword this.

You are correct! Unfortunately when I attempted to edit the post, a window popped up and stated there was an error.

So here is the edit!

I have not found a reason to seek another cartridge.

Regards,

Brandon

 

[WildRose]

You are correct! Unfortunately when I attempted to edit the post, a window popped up and stated there was an error.

So here is the edit!

I have not found a reason to seek another cartridge.

Regards,

Brandon

I figured that's where you were heading.

There's a limit on edit time on posts that have been responded to, I'm not sure what that time is though.

 

[slam2107]

Before this year, I thought long range hunting was 500 yards for elk and deer using numerous .264 caliber guns.
I then went to Colorado and shot my buddy's long range custom 300 WM and took a nice six point bull at 902 yards. Watching that vapor trail and then the shock wave through the elk was incredible. Now I need my own true long range elk gun.
His gun is a modified 7mm Ruger M77 with a 30" bull Douglas barrel shooting 210 Nosl LRAB at 2887fps. This gun weighs in at 15#. This combo was devastating and dropped the bull on the spot.
I have quite a few potential 30 cal "donor" guns to customize but I thought I'd pick people's minds as to their input.
I'm in fairly good shape and condition and don't mind packing a 15# gun a few miles and I'm waffling between sticking with a heavier 30 cal bullet or asking a gunsmith to put me together a good 28 nosler throated for heavier bullets (195 Berger?).
Any thoughts or input would be appreciated.
Thanks.

 

[Joefrazell]

Whatever you do you need to shoot alot if your interest is shooting elk at a grand. Hit it right is the key most important thing.

 

[rgvt4]

300 RUM