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<blockquote data-quote="turkeyrun" data-source="post: 3960238" data-attributes="member: 27991"><p>I know a couple of guys that hunt elk with .243 and are successful. </p><p>My buddy uses a .338 Win Mag.</p><p>The 1 time I hunted elk, .30-06 with 180gr Nosler Partition, worked as needed. </p><p>Many deer taken with .30-06 150gr, 7mm Rem Mag 140gr and .223 64gr PSP. They farthest any went, after the shot, was 70 yards. Shot with 7mm, at 70 yards, quartering away, through left ribs out right should, disintegrate heart. Farthest any shot with .223 was 40 yards, majority, 10 yards or less.</p><p></p><p>A buddy just came back from a moose hunt, took his .264Mag with 140gr Nosler Partition. Shot a big bull at 60 yards. It did not react to the shot. He put a 2nd shot into lungs. It did not react.</p><p>He could see blood leaking from both shots. The moose stopped grazing and began to walk away. At 80 yards, he put 3rd shot low, behind ear and bull dropped.</p><p>Autopsy / field dress, all 3 shots exited. 1st shot destroyed the heart. 2nd shot destroyed lungs. 3rd shot removed brain and blew out front.</p><p></p><p>Elk or moose, IMO, .30-06 180gr heavy construction is minimum. .338 250gr is better.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="turkeyrun, post: 3960238, member: 27991"] I know a couple of guys that hunt elk with .243 and are successful. My buddy uses a .338 Win Mag. The 1 time I hunted elk, .30-06 with 180gr Nosler Partition, worked as needed. Many deer taken with .30-06 150gr, 7mm Rem Mag 140gr and .223 64gr PSP. They farthest any went, after the shot, was 70 yards. Shot with 7mm, at 70 yards, quartering away, through left ribs out right should, disintegrate heart. Farthest any shot with .223 was 40 yards, majority, 10 yards or less. A buddy just came back from a moose hunt, took his .264Mag with 140gr Nosler Partition. Shot a big bull at 60 yards. It did not react to the shot. He put a 2nd shot into lungs. It did not react. He could see blood leaking from both shots. The moose stopped grazing and began to walk away. At 80 yards, he put 3rd shot low, behind ear and bull dropped. Autopsy / field dress, all 3 shots exited. 1st shot destroyed the heart. 2nd shot destroyed lungs. 3rd shot removed brain and blew out front. Elk or moose, IMO, .30-06 180gr heavy construction is minimum. .338 250gr is better. [/QUOTE]
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