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On 2/4/2020 at 8:10 PM, Roosevelt Mark said:

How did it go?

Not like I had hoped. The bullet blew up on the shoulder blade on a close shot. With the big .338's we have had the best luck with barns so I guess I will go to the 270gr barnes for my next hunt. 

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10 minutes ago, thegunsmith2506 said:

Not like I had hoped. The bullet blew up on the shoulder blade on a close shot. With the big .338's we have had the best luck with barns so I guess I will go to the 270gr barnes for my next hunt. 

Why did you use such a soft bullet out of that monstrosity?

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5 hours ago, 50Caliber said:

I hunt in MT. for elk/deer/moose use a weatherby 300 mag and a 338 that is my weatherby waiting for a new scope to come in Monday

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oh my.  weatherby magnum rifles built on commercial m98 actions.  those two dogs will hunt.

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sure does for a rifle made in 1955 took bear/moose/caribou in Alaska. deer/elk/moose in MT. and game up to eland in Africa. Has a 4 digit serial number matching on barrel and action plus all the proper markings 

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Man this was a fun thread to go back through and revisit!!  My only two elk so far are cows, one that fell to my bow and then most recently in 2019 a CO muzzleloader hunt with a CVA Accura MR.

 

I'm still building points in quite a few states as well as some lotto and other draw hunts so I should have a rifle tag in my pocket in the near future. As such I built my 'elk gun' early and then tried it out on Wyoming mule deer this season. 

338RUM- Currently shooting 250 LRXs and have 250 Bergers and 270 ELDX loaded up for testing.

Borden Timberline Titanium (Wyatts cut- 3.825)

Proof 24" 1-9.4

Ryan Pierce 5 port Ti Brake

Manners EH4 w/ short front rail and 2 QDs

TT Special Flat

Murphy Ti Rail

TPS Super Low 30mm Rings

Razor AMG 6-24x50

 

Total Weight is 9.5lbs

 

 

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I only have 1 "elk" rifle as I am not really a rifle guy. It's a kimber mountain ascent in 280ai topped with a lightweight swaro shooting 168VLD and 168 accubonds.

I also took a NM elk with my dad's 35 whelen lobbing bullet shaped footballs.

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2 hours ago, lancetkenyon said:

Man, a lot has changed since I last visited this thread.

I thought it was THE 6.5 or stay home.

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