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List of Cartridges for ELRH?
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<blockquote data-quote="CA48" data-source="post: 1507659" data-attributes="member: 21446"><p>A cartridge for ELR elk hunting.</p><p></p><p>First question to ask yourself. What's the smallest cartridge bullet combo that will still do major terminal damage to elk at these ranges if the animal is hit in the guts. So that the animal is recoverable not to far from where it was shot in a worst case scenario. It's hard enough to go track and recover an animal that was shot DRT at 1200 yards in thick areas.</p><p></p><p>To me that should be a rifle that weighs min 14-15pds.</p><p>Min caliber .338 300gr bullet at 2950fps.</p><p></p><p>When talking ELRH and 1000 yards as the minimum range in areas that elk live, where winds and terrain can be challenging.</p><p>If your off on your wind call 1mph at 1200yds that's 5" of error with a 300gr pill at 2950. Not including shooter error, the animal moving, environmental changes, or being off a few yards with your rangefinder yardage. Yea you can make a 1200 yard vital shot with a 6.5 PRC and take down an elk but things can easily go wrong on these shots with so many variables at play. So you need insurance in the form of a lot of lead and a bullet with a large frontal diameter.</p><p></p><p>In terms of power, portability, and shootability. The Defense EDGE LRKM is a nice package for an ELR Hunting rifle that will be packed.</p><p></p><p>There are several smiths on this forum who make their living designing cartridges to hunt big game at ELR like Shawn and Kirby. As well as guys like Broz who have the high harvest numbers, documented terminal performance with various cartridges and calibers, and experience making these shots on game. That's who I would inquire for a recommendation on build with these goals. I can assure you a 6.5 PRC or 7mm would not be mentioned in that conversation.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CA48, post: 1507659, member: 21446"] A cartridge for ELR elk hunting. First question to ask yourself. What's the smallest cartridge bullet combo that will still do major terminal damage to elk at these ranges if the animal is hit in the guts. So that the animal is recoverable not to far from where it was shot in a worst case scenario. It's hard enough to go track and recover an animal that was shot DRT at 1200 yards in thick areas. To me that should be a rifle that weighs min 14-15pds. Min caliber .338 300gr bullet at 2950fps. When talking ELRH and 1000 yards as the minimum range in areas that elk live, where winds and terrain can be challenging. If your off on your wind call 1mph at 1200yds that's 5" of error with a 300gr pill at 2950. Not including shooter error, the animal moving, environmental changes, or being off a few yards with your rangefinder yardage. Yea you can make a 1200 yard vital shot with a 6.5 PRC and take down an elk but things can easily go wrong on these shots with so many variables at play. So you need insurance in the form of a lot of lead and a bullet with a large frontal diameter. In terms of power, portability, and shootability. The Defense EDGE LRKM is a nice package for an ELR Hunting rifle that will be packed. There are several smiths on this forum who make their living designing cartridges to hunt big game at ELR like Shawn and Kirby. As well as guys like Broz who have the high harvest numbers, documented terminal performance with various cartridges and calibers, and experience making these shots on game. That's who I would inquire for a recommendation on build with these goals. I can assure you a 6.5 PRC or 7mm would not be mentioned in that conversation. [/QUOTE]
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