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270 Winchester for Elk Hunting
The first draft of this post was written over six months ago. Since then, more than seven drafts have been written.When each draft was finished, I asked myself, “Why is this more important to say than what has already been said of the .270 Winches...
Long Range Elk Hunting
The Real Story--Let's do Math! If I wanted maximum hits from Google’s search engine, I should have named this post, “Best 800-yard Elk Gun,” but that would be a lie. This is actually my latest rant against the phalanx of Neanderthals that bel...
30-06 Springfield for Elk Hunting
Old Hunters with Old Rifles For many years one hunter and I hunted extensively. With most hunters I didn’t take a rifle. I always felt it was their chance and packing a smoke pole would lessen their enjoyment. It must be noted that I had no mi...
30-06, 270, 280
Like a Timex The 30-06 Springfield, 270 Winchester and 280 Remington are the Timex watch of elk cartridges. They “take a lickin’ and keep on tickin’. It would be impossible to name all the cartridges—factory and wildcat—that have been ...
7-08, Elk Rifle Wannabe
What Went Wrong?Two of our hunters walked back into camp just as I got the last mule loaded with elk. One said, “Anybody want a bull elk? There are two up in the corner of the horsepasture.” It was the third day of the first hunt. Three hun...
.308, The Highpower Isuzu
Mark Target 34! Bill turns to Fred and says, “I didn’t hear anything.” “Me neither, lets pull it,” replies Fred. Bill and Fred dutifully perform a thorough search of the 1000-yard target, they find no bullet hole, place the scoring di...
.308, 7mm-08, .243
Not Quite An Elk RifleIn previous posts you may have read that the 7mm Remington Magnum and the .300 Weatherby Magnum have caused more wounded elk than any other cartridges I know. Number three and four are the .308 Winchester and the 7-08 Remingt...
300 Weatherby Magnum
Power In the 1970s a famous movie cop said, “The .44 Magnum: the most powerful handgun in the world.” It probably wasn’t “the most powerful” then, and isn’t now, but Roy Weatherby’s claim that the .300 Weatherby Magnum was the most po...
