Dougfirtree
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No elk tag for me this year, but my son had one. He carried the ever-illustrious Thompson Center Venture Compact, in .308 win. 130 ttsx's.
Annual elk rifle thread
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BackofBeyond
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We’re patient.
Mine isn't pretty. Pretty good at killing elk though. mtmuley
BackofBeyond
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Gonna be pretty with the new stick…
It's a function first rig. But yeah, I think it will shoot. Hopefully like it always has. mtmuley
HandgunHunter
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HandgunHunter
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Since 1996 I've used a standard wood/blue ruger mk2 in 30-06. Factory 180gr Winchester fail safes, then switched to 180gr partitions. I've taken several bulls over the years but prefer cows as I'm just a meat hunter. Heading to New Mexico in a couple weeks for a late season cow hunt. I have taken 3 elk with a ruger hawkeye in 308win and 2 with a model 70 win in 300wsm and 1 with a model 70 super grade chambered in 270win.
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I put together my first semi custom rifle this past winter/spring. 7SAUM on a Tikka action, 20" Carbon 6 barrel, Thunderbeast Ultra 7 and a SWFA 3-15. I used 155gr Hammers. No elk for it this year unfortunately.
p_ham
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Taking my sweetheart out this Saturday for 2 weeks to hopefully get a cow elk.
275gr Shock Hammer @ 2280fps.
275gr Shock Hammer @ 2280fps.
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EKYHunter
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One of my favorites in this thread. Good luck with that sweet rifle.
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Proof Research Elevation FDE in .300 win mag, Nightforce nx8 2.5-20 for the optic. 200 grain Hornady Eldx hand load. First year with it, dropped a bull and my wife used it to take her first mule deer buck. The brake I have on it makes it a real dandy shooter but I'm hoping to afford a can in the next year or two.
samuel_284Win
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Howa 1500 in 300 Win Mag and using 180 grain Federal solid copper
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Incredible gun! Good luck!
ploxwithblox
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How do you like the Thunderbeast? I've been eyeballing that for my .300. Beautiful gun, BTW.
I'm one of the guys hanging onto his Winchester 30-06, had it for 20 yrs now, was going to upgrade but it flat out shoots well and I'm comfortable with it. Shooting Winchester 180 grain Ballistic Silvertips.
The wife as a fairly new hunter shoots a HOWA 25-06 and she's shot 3 elk & a handful of deer & an antelope with it, all stone dead on the spot or within 40 yards, that gun flat out kills animals with its speed.
The wife as a fairly new hunter shoots a HOWA 25-06 and she's shot 3 elk & a handful of deer & an antelope with it, all stone dead on the spot or within 40 yards, that gun flat out kills animals with its speed.
This year for my first elk season, a late cow tag, I’m bringing along my Stevens (Savage) 200, .30-06. I’m shooting 150gr eTip handloads. Monkeyed around with this bullet lots and still haven’t found a load this gun truly likes. 1.5” groups is about as tight as it goes. Maybe someday I’ll buy something nice.
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Redside
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It's great! Its my only suppressor not sure I'd ever go back to hunting without one. So nice to not have ringing ears after a shot at an animal and forgetting to put in hearing protection.
Its accurate and I take it on an off every time I pull it in and out of the case and it keeps the same point of impact. It was quite a bit different from the initial load development and sight-in with just the break. But once sighted in it hasn't changed.
