Favorite elk rifle

[Dwest910]

30 Nosler. ClymR with a 22" barrel. Mark 5 5-25 on top. 8lbs 3oz. Shooting the 215 Berger's at 2812fps.

 

[Deputy Sheriff]

Sorry somehow pics would not post.Ruger sporter 338 win mag Leupold vx ll 3x9 225 gr sst 78 grs RL 19. Winchester extreme 300 wsm Leupold vx l. 3x9.

178 eld x 67 grs RL 19

 

[Bull_Mtn]

Nothing fancy, but a real elk gitter!! Mod 70, .300 WSM, Laminate stock, standard 24" barrel with Gentry brake. Action and barrel bedded, 3# trigger. Sightron 3X18X44 Scope. 200 gr Federal Edge TLR, 2830 FPS.

 

[wkdwdg66]

View attachment 148573 View attachment 148570 View attachment 148553 View attachment 148553 I love my Savage 35 Whelen with a McGowan barrel that I built last summer and got the elk that fall.

I built a 35 whelen AI a few years ago. Mauser 98 custom Sporter with Douglas barrel, timney trigger, and an old Weaver 6x. That 35 is a hammer

 

[GSP814]

Weatherby Mark 5 Stainless Fluted in 300 Weatherby shooting 180 grain Nosler Partitions. Killed 10 elk and 12 or 13 mule deer with it. Animals know when they've been hit with the BEE!

 

[wkdwdg66]

I have three elk rifles:

1. Left Hand 338 Winchester Magnum Browning ABolt with the muzzle tuner with a Steiner 2-10x scope mounted in Burris zrings
2. Left Hand 270 Short Magnum Winchester Model 70 with a Steiner 2-10x scope mounted in Burris zrings re-barrelled last year
3. Customized 1917 Enfield 30-06, customized in the late 1970's, ears gone, belly gone, new old stock barrel 3 years ago. Now keepsake rifle

Going out again this year to Northeast Utah, have yet to connect. Getting old is the pits.... now over 70

I've got my eye on a 1917 Sporter in 358 Barnes Supreme, 26 in bbl. I had one in 06 with 18in bbl and mannlicher stock, beautiful rifle.

 

[corsair4360]

I've got my eye on a 1917 Sporter in 358 Barnes Supreme, 26 in bbl. I had one in 06 with 18in bbl and mannlicher stock, beautiful rifle.

I looked at a sporterized 1917 in 308 Norma Magnum Saturday, custom stock, original trigger. Going to talk to the guy again

 

[RevJim]

Well...I couldn't leave "well enough alone". I sold the 300WM Mesa to buy a pristine Kimber 84L Classic ( really nice wood) in .270 (24"bbl) and a couple weeks later, sold the 6.5 Creedmoor I had to buy a Bergara B14 Hunter in 300WM. I just like those 300 Mags! ha I have no problem using a .270, but I like having a heavy hitter too. Just a quirk of mine...

 

[stx]

Well...I couldn't leave "well enough alone". I sold the 300WM Mesa to buy a pristine Kimber 84L Classic ( really nice wood) in .270 (24"bbl) and a couple weeks later, sold the 6.5 Creedmoor I had to buy a Bergara B14 Hunter in 300WM. I just like those 300 Mags! ha I have no problem using a .270, but I like having a heavy hitter too. Just a quirk of mine...

I love nice wood....not practical but I'm a sucker for it!

 

[North Idaho Hunter]

My loyal grocery getter:

 

[wkdwdg66]

I love nice wood....not practical but I'm a sucker for it!

Why is wood not practical?

 

[wkdwdg66]

I've hunted for 40 years with wood stocked rifles. I've never had a problem getting that meat to the freezer. About 30 years ago I discovered what makes most wood stocked rifles inaccurate... improperly sealed wood. I started then properly glass bedding and completely sealing the stock on my old rifles. Never had an issue. I suppose if my rifle fell off a cliff and the stock broke....but then the scope would probably be trash too, and the barrel or action bent...... Wonder what makes a wood stock impractical

 

[xsn10s]

My loyal grocery getter:

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What glass and rest set up is that? I'd like that for varmints when the grass gets tall.

 

[stx]

Why is wood not practical?

Maybe "not practical" isn't the right term! I just hate scratching up a nice stock......and I have a lot of hunters that bring wood stocked rifles into camp that haven't been bedded/floated and have had issues with bad weather changing poi. I usually end up loaning them one of my rifles when this is the case!