Show me your elk rifles

eightyeight mag · Mar 12, 2016

Thanks,
Ya its a hammer.
I load em up with reloader 17 and running them at 3020 fps no pressure signs at all.
Have not had any issues with temp variances like some claim to have with rl17 but thats just me.

bsa1917hunter · Mar 12, 2016

eightyeight mag said:
Thanks,
Ya its a hammer.
I load em up with reloader 17 and running them at 3020 fps no pressure signs at all.
Have not had any issues with temp variances like some claim to have with rl17 but thats just me.

Right on. I've had a few 300 WSM's and they have all shot very well. I used to use an FN PBR XP in the Deschutes canyons. Shots ranging from 600 to 700 yards and the 300 put them down... RL17 and H4350 powder really shines in this cartridge.

bsa1917hunter · Mar 12, 2016

Stomper said:
WOW!! It MUSTA been REALLY cold, your rifle turned BLUE!

It was damn cold. Ha ha. My buddies mustache was an icicle and about 3 inches longer by the time we got the bull to the truck. The thermometer in the truck said this:

Stomper · Mar 12, 2016

Daaayum...... That must be his mustache reflecting there at the top of the screen above the compass/temp readout!

mikeybuck · Mar 13, 2016

Trusty ol 45/70 with 405 gr jacked flat nose slugs.

mjbskwim · Mar 13, 2016

Did you shoot him over fermented apples?

I'm hoping to try my luck with the 1895 in 45/70 I got recently

mikeybuck · Mar 13, 2016

No apples, all hike in public land hunts.

Since All I do is hunt the timber, it is the perfect gun. I used to use big belted magnum's shooting 225-250 gr bullets at 3000 fps. I would lung a bull at 40-80 yards and the bullet would punch right through them, the elk would take off like he was not even hit. Only way to slow them down was to shoot um through the front shoulder.
Once I went to the 45/70 for all my timber needs, it has been a eye opener. 400 gr slug at 1800 fps flat out floor's um! You double lug um and it knocks them to the ground at the same time knocks all the wind out of um.

mjbskwim · Mar 13, 2016

mikeybuck said:
No apples, all hike in public land hunts.

(where's the 'right over your head'

smiley?)
The elk has his tongue hanging out?Like it was drunk?

I tried to make a funny

I used a muzzle loader last year. A local,well a transplant from Portland,was shooting at the range and said his 440 grain thumpers out of his 50cal. drops them NOW
I used 405 grains and that did the same thing

clearconscience · Mar 13, 2016

I don't have an elk rifle.

Mostly because I've been dry the last three seasons I've gone.
My only three seasons elk hunting.

But I use a Remington 700 VTR in .308. I usually use Fusion ammo.
I just put it in a Magpul hunter stock and ordered a Timney trigger. So hopefully that will give me some luck this year.

mikeybuck · Mar 13, 2016

mjbskwim said:
(where's the 'right over your head' smiley?)
The elk has his tongue hanging out?Like it was drunk?
I tried to make a funny

The poor guy was in his bed when he got hit from 40 yards.

mjbskwim · Mar 14, 2016

So he may have been drunk still?

I saw a match to that guy....while I had a cow tag. I wasn't a resident early enough to get a bull tag and wasn't about to pay OOS fees for one($400 range)
Maybe this year? Beautiful animal

clearconscience · Mar 14, 2016

Mikeybuck maybe it was the sitka camo you had?

mikeybuck · Mar 14, 2016

I do like the stuff. Very quiet, comfortable clothing. But I still believe that keeping the wind in your face will help even more.

badclam · Mar 28, 2016

This .52 caliber Knight Bighorn has killed 16 Roosevelt Elk. First picture was 2009 that made it into Boone and Crockett at 292 7/8". Second picture was this year.