Which of these two calibers for typical Elk hunting?

There are much better choices available.
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Better? Perhaps. (.300 WinMag with 180g loads, .338WinMag with 225g loads, .35 Whelen with any load over 200g, .350 Rem Mag...)

But "much better"?? I just don't see it. Load the '06 with a good 180g load and watch it drop 'em! Load that .45-70 with a nice 400g load and keep your shots to under 200 and hunt in comfort! Load that 7mm Mag with some reasonable 175g loads at 2750, and drop any elk that ever walked.

I suspect that the bad name that the 7mm Mag has earned among some for Elk stems from the love so many have for lighter bullets at higher velocities, attempting to create a super canyon-crossing laser rifle. When they then snap off a 60 yard shot with it on a bull elk in the black timber, they're shocked that the mega velocity round fails to drop the beast immediately, as it blows up on the shoulder or a rib. :(


The real question should be: Which rifle can you reliably put 5 out of 5 shots into a paper plate from field positions at 100 yards.

It ain't the kitchen-- it's the cook.
 
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