Elk Rifle Suggestions

[LongWayAround]

Will it kill Elk, certainly, if you do your job.

IMHO, I spend a lot of $$ to go elk hunting. I don't want to find myself in a position, with light dimming, last day of the hunt, and a great bull walking over the ridge at 500....and me with a CM.

I would rather using something a bit heavier for when things get a bit tougher

So you don't have any personal experience?

There's plenty of dead elk in the 6mm and 6.5mm threads.

 

[kcm2]

I have a friend whose late father killed over 40 elk with his Savage 99 in 250-3000. Favorite bullet was the factory 87 grain soft point. If he can do it, a 6.5 Creedmoor with modern bullets should be fine out to reasonable ranges.