Minimum Elk Caliber. what do you think it is.

[The_Coloradoboy]

Smallest I’ve used is a 6mm creedmoor on a cow with a 105 Berger. 302 yards, took 4 steps and tipped right over. Killed my first 3 bulls with a 25-06 using 110 grain accubonds. I’ve killed a pile of them with a 28nos and 300rum also. Personally now days my primary elk gun is a 6.5prc with 156 Berger EOL’s. Has worked just fine on multiple mature bulls from 40 yards out to 700 yards.

 

[Frequently Banned Troll]

I often hunt elk with bow and arrow. I’d be light years more deadly with a .223, light years.

 

[ElDudarino]

A sharp stick....

 

[longtail55]

I always find it interesting on how much time is spent discussing this topic when people kill elk all the time with stick and string. Hell, if the natives can kill a buffalo with a stick/string and a sharp rock while riding on a horse than anybody should be able to kill an elk with a modern firearm no matter what it is.

 

[Wind Gypsy]

I always find it interesting on how much time is spent discussing this topic when people kill elk all the time with stick and string. Hell, if the natives can kill a buffalo with a stick/string and a sharp rock while riding on a horse than anybody should be able to kill an elk with a modern firearm no matter what it is.

Folks gotta justify that rifle they own but dont want to shoot more than 10 times in a day somehow.

 

[coleL]

The smallest I would use is a 6.5 creed.

 

[BuzzH]

I've shot some with the 243 and 6mm. I don't know about 22 centerfires, but I know they would and do work.

 

[Shedking]

AM I OVERGUNNED WITH A .300 REMINGTON ULTRA MAGNUM? ASKING FOR A FRIEND. mtmuley

No you have the right rifle

 

[Frequently Banned Troll]

No you have the right rifle

I used to shoot elk with one of those.

 

[Shedking]

I used to shoot elk with one of those.

Yeah same absolutely love the caliber! Actually just bought a barreled action the other day chambered in 300 RUM.

 

[mtmuley]

Yeah same absolutely love the caliber! Actually just bought a barreled action the other day chambered in 300 RUM.

It's a cartridge. 308 caliber. Good luck with the RUM. mtmuley

 

[The_Coloradoboy]

Seems like a a lot of us jumped on the 300rum bandwagon years ago…. I jumped off it when I got tired of carrying a 12.5 pound rifle with a 28in (with brake) barrel around in the mountains.. no doubt it’s Thor’s hammer with a 230 or 245 grain Berger… but I’m old and soft now. I like a lightweight, low recoiling, 20in barrel rig now days. Elk don’t seem to know the difference when a 140 to 156 grain bullet blows out their lungs vs a 230…

 

[mtmuley]

Seems like a a lot of us jumped on the 300rum bandwagon years ago…. I jumped off it when I got tired of carrying a 12.5 pound rifle with a 28in (with brake) barrel around in the mountains.. no doubt it’s Thor’s hammer with a 230 or 245 grain Berger… but I’m old and soft now. I like a lightweight, low recoiling, 20in barrel rig now days. Elk don’t seem to know the difference when a 140 to 156 grain bullet blows out their lungs vs a 230…

I'm 60. My elk rifle is still a .300 RUM. 25 years in. It doesn't weigh anywhere near 12.5 pounds. Don't shoot Bergers. No brake. mtmuley

 

[It’s Bucky]

What’s funny is how much engagement these threads get no matter how many times a new one is started on the same topic

 

[mtmuley]

What’s funny is how much engagement these threads get no matter how many times a new one is started on the same topic

Like bullets. mtmuley

 

[It’s Bucky]

Everything works sometimes (probably most of the time if you do your part)

 

[mtmuley]

Everything works sometimes (probably most of the time if you do your part)

And it's amazing what works when others say it doesn't. Fun to banter though. mtmuley

 

[The_Coloradoboy]

I'm 60. My elk rifle is still a .300 RUM. 25 years in. It doesn't weigh anywhere near 12.5 pounds. Don't shoot Bergers. No brake. mtmuley

Guess I’m a sissy and half your age.. light weight, no muzzle break/suppressed 300rum would knock the fillings out of my teeth

 

[mtmuley]

Guess I’m a sissy and half your age.. light weight, no muzzle break/suppressed 300rum would knock the fillings out of my teeth

Nothing sissy about it. I shoot the rifle well. When I can't I will move on. mtmuley

 

[Frequently Banned Troll]

Nothing sissy about it. I shoot the rifle well. When I can't I will move on. mtmuley

I shot mine well too. Works as designed. It’s just fun to shoot a lot and that kind of rifle is not conducive to high round count/fun. We should go shooting sometime when you head this way to grab those cans of RL26 I have waiting for you. You CAN teach an old dog new tricks.