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<blockquote data-quote="big johnson" data-source="post: 3074639" data-attributes="member: 116259"><p>1,000 yards is a poke for sure and everything has to be perfect to decide to take a shot and there is no room for error. As it has been said here several times elk are hard to kill and the myth of flop and drop doesn't happen very often in real life maybe on tv where it can be edited. Over the years I've killed my share and watched lots of elk taken by others with many calibers from 243win - 378Weatherby. In my opinion the 30 caliber mags seem to work the best if the shooter can handle the recoil and muzzle blast, braked or not. With todays hunting pressure and most of us hunting on public ground I use the biggest caliber that I can shoot efficently. The 338 Rum with Speer 250 gr. bullets is my personal choice . On public ground in Washington State if you shot a elk at 600 yds. when you got to it someone else would likely have their tag on it . At 1,000yds. they'd be headed towards the truck with their buddies.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="big johnson, post: 3074639, member: 116259"] 1,000 yards is a poke for sure and everything has to be perfect to decide to take a shot and there is no room for error. As it has been said here several times elk are hard to kill and the myth of flop and drop doesn't happen very often in real life maybe on tv where it can be edited. Over the years I've killed my share and watched lots of elk taken by others with many calibers from 243win - 378Weatherby. In my opinion the 30 caliber mags seem to work the best if the shooter can handle the recoil and muzzle blast, braked or not. With todays hunting pressure and most of us hunting on public ground I use the biggest caliber that I can shoot efficently. The 338 Rum with Speer 250 gr. bullets is my personal choice . On public ground in Washington State if you shot a elk at 600 yds. when you got to it someone else would likely have their tag on it . At 1,000yds. they'd be headed towards the truck with their buddies. [/QUOTE]
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