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Most potent long range elk cartridge with .473 bolt face
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<blockquote data-quote="codyadams" data-source="post: 1890595" data-attributes="member: 87243"><p>Any smith worth their salt will open your bolt up, and will be cheaper then buying another bolt, unless you just happen to have one on hand. </p><p></p><p>Two great choices with an opened up bolt face would be the 300 PRC or 30 Sherman mag, just an improved prc that can shoot factory prc ammo. With a 28" they are shooting the 245's at like 3100, 230's at 3200, and 215's at 3300 max charges, so take off 50-100 fps for roughly where you might land. 30 nosler, 300 win mag, and 300 rum can all be added in as well.</p><p></p><p>However, if you must stay with that bolt face, than a 300 sherman will be the best for elk. The 300 sherman will get a 225 up around 2800 from a 28" tube, 215 around 2950+. With the Sherman, you need to make a false shoulder and form.</p><p></p><p>A .280 AI wouldn't be bad, but would just be like a 24" barreled 7 mag. It gets overlooked, but the tried and true 30-06 with the right powder will get a 215 Berger to around 2750, maybe 2800 from a fast long barrel. Even going 2700, it looks pretty impressive. Here is 2700 at the elevation we hunt elk at out to 900. Plus, Lapua makes brass for it.[ATTACH=full]190926[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="codyadams, post: 1890595, member: 87243"] Any smith worth their salt will open your bolt up, and will be cheaper then buying another bolt, unless you just happen to have one on hand. Two great choices with an opened up bolt face would be the 300 PRC or 30 Sherman mag, just an improved prc that can shoot factory prc ammo. With a 28" they are shooting the 245's at like 3100, 230's at 3200, and 215's at 3300 max charges, so take off 50-100 fps for roughly where you might land. 30 nosler, 300 win mag, and 300 rum can all be added in as well. However, if you must stay with that bolt face, than a 300 sherman will be the best for elk. The 300 sherman will get a 225 up around 2800 from a 28" tube, 215 around 2950+. With the Sherman, you need to make a false shoulder and form. A .280 AI wouldn't be bad, but would just be like a 24" barreled 7 mag. It gets overlooked, but the tried and true 30-06 with the right powder will get a 215 Berger to around 2750, maybe 2800 from a fast long barrel. Even going 2700, it looks pretty impressive. Here is 2700 at the elevation we hunt elk at out to 900. Plus, Lapua makes brass for it.[ATTACH=full]190926[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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