Rifle Elk Caliber and Bullet Choice for 2023

[OpenCountry]

300 wsm should be complete shortly and will work up a couple loads with some 175 barnes lrx or 165/180 accubonds for it. Backup is a 300 wm with 180 accubonds. Montana

 

[BackofBeyond]

How you like that 300PRC? I just about bought a Christensen in it a few weeks ago.

That's exactly what I have, a CA Ridgeline. I like the rifle a lot, and I've had good success finding accurate loads for the PRC. I'm on my third firing of my brass and haven't developed the "click" that you read about online, but if I do, it's a pretty easy fix. I do wish CA gave you more room in the internal mag though. If I seat my bullets for a 0.015" jump (Berger 215) then the OAL is way to long for the internal mag. I also had to bed the stock because I was getting some movement between the action and stock - a little annoying, but not a game changer one way or the other when evaluating the rifle on a whole.

If you're not a handloader, I think more and more companies are offering factory ammo beyond the selection from Hornady. I don't think the cartridge itself will ever match the popularity of the .300WM, but it really doesn't have to. It does what it does, which is allow you to seat heavy for caliber bullets out of the powder column, and it does it well.

 

[stk]

300 PRC, 212 gr ELD-X

 

[sclancy27]

.270 with 126 Hammer Hunters, if an elk doesn't fall to an arrow in Sept.

 

[Joseph Peterson]

This will be my 35th season guiding elk hunts. I will go to the ends of the earth for a customer but wouldn't walk across the street to shoot a bull for myself.

 

[Sheltowee]

Right now looking like .338-06 with 210gr. Barnes TTSXs but also going to work up loads for the 185gr. TTSXs and 200gr. Nosler Accubonds.

 

[elkfanatic]

300 win mag/ 220 eld-x/ 3rd season Colorado

 

[elkfanatic]

If my x bolt is back in time wearing a new barrel prob. 300 win mag/ 175 Barnes lrx

 

[Seamaster]

300 WM - 180 gr AccuBond somewhere in Wyoming

 

[noharleyyet]

7 Mashburn - 180 ScenarL - New Mexico

 

[Quinn]

7mm REM MAG- 140 gr Accubond Colorado 2nd season

 

[Laelkhunter]

Heading up Chama way with my .340 Weatherby with handloaded 225 Barnes TTSX.

 

[Carl 9.3x62]

Wyoming. Either 270 with 130g TSX, or 9.3x62 with 250g Accubonds

 

[88man]

7mm Dakota 180 berger vld> gonna try my best to make sure a couple bulls and cows get killed with this rifle again this year. Sorta goes like bang FLOOOPP

 

[JLS]

If the elk are on a particular ridge @rtraverdavis knows about, I might go minimalist and take my 6.5 CM slinging 123 grain Absolute Hammers.

 

[88man]

If the elk are on a particular ridge @rtraverdavis knows about, I might go minimalist and take my 6.5 CM slinging 123 grain Absolute Hammers.

video it and put on the hammer website

 

[JLS]

video it and put on the hammer website

It’ll be very unlikely I ever video a shot

 

[rtraverdavis]

If the elk are on a particular ridge @rtraverdavis knows about, I might go minimalist and take my 6.5 CM slinging 123 grain Absolute Hammers.

That’s exactly what I’ll be using this year on my muley hunt.

 

[KU_Geo]

270 win, 150 partition, Colorado, season TBD

 

[noharleyyet]

If the elk are on a particular ridge @rtraverdavis knows about, I might go minimalist and take my 6.5 CM slinging 123 grain Absolute Hammers.

I'm tempted to take the .257 Wby Mag/92 Hammer Hunter with an unspun 'primitive' turret...