Help with Rifle selection

[Q_Sertorius]

PS - welcome to RokSlide. If you have any other questions, ask away.

 

[chuckD]

Well I am one of the guys that actually bought a 6.8 western. It's an xbolt mountain pro. Couldn't be any happier with it. Shoots amazingly well, very very accurate. I've killed a bull and a pronghorn with it so far. Ive stocked up on the ammo it likes and also bought a set of dies for it. Im not concerned about it going anywhere. The gun is a lot of fun to shoot. It does have the recoil hawg brake on it which lessened the recoil below my 25-06 i use to shoot. One day ill throw a suppressor on it.

Same, I adore the 6.8, so does everyone that shoots it!

 

[Tobe_B]

Looking for help on selecting a rifle and caliber for elk, it would also be my primary gun for whitetail right now. I would like to make sure it has plenty of juice to take an elk up to 400 yards. I also don’t plan to reload, also won’t shoot for fun besides a few rounds before the season every year to get dialed in.
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Can you measure or quantify how much “juice” a rifle needs to take elk? Honestly your .300WM would be just fine for deer with a lighter bullet of a different construction. Not sure you’re really gaining anything getting a lighter caliber if you aren’t going to commit to regular practice with it.


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[cnelk]

To the OP.
Keep the 300WM.
Get to learn how to reload.

You can go down to a 110gr bullet for deer and go up to a 240gr for elk if you want.

 

[Andrew12gauge]

My concern is you say you already own a .300 win mag so you don’t need a 7 PRC but you’re considering another .300 win mag with a brake? Seems like you’re talking yourself in circles.


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[Sully_44]

In regards to your statement that you’re not going to shoot for fun, I’d suggest looking at some of the small caliber threads for killing game. I was kind of in the same boat about 2 years ago until I started shooting smaller calibers. Now I can’t get enough. Get yourself a long range set up in a smaller caliber and you’ll want to pull over and shoot at every rock within 1000 yards. I now have a 6 Creedmoor and love shooting it. I killed a buck this year at 525 yards, my friend used it to kill a buck at 464, and my little brother just killed an elk at 625. All one shot kills. Bullet construction is more important than caliber. I use factory 103 grain Hornady ELDX and factory 108 grain Hornady ELDM.

PS, on Rokslide when you ask a question and someone tells you to go check out or search for your question, don’t get smart with them. That comment was actually as helpful as any info you’ll get. Use the Forum how it’s designed and you’ll learn a lot on here. Welcome to Rokslide

My buck

Brothers bull

Buddy’s buck

 

[Goseth04]

Do not buy the Roughneck in .300 WM as your primary. It doesn't solve your whitetail overkill problem. Instead, invest in a Tikka T3x Stainless in 7mm Rem Mag, have it threaded and braked, and top it with the best scope you can afford. This gives you a legendary, accurate, durable, and versatile rifle that will confidently take elk at 400 yards and deer at 50, and serve your family for generations.

Good luck with the draws

 

[ResearchinStuff]

Just a few things to get you started. Youve got years before you hunt, so read them all before you blow your $

Post in thread 'Frequency of practice—thoughts on how much is “enough”?'

Jun 26, 2023

My experience with seeing a large sample size of shooters and animals killed is that given a correct initial training program of 3 or so days and 400’ish rounds that encompasses optimum gun handling, manipulations, shot process, positional shooting, etc. that a person is generally on demand on game animals to around 450 yards or so in moderate conditions in broken, mountainous terrain by themselves; and to about 600 yards with someone spotting/calling for them.
On demand does not mean “if everything is perfect”. It means that if someone wants to kill an antelope/deer/elk/etc, they do...

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Thread '6.5 Creedmoor/260 for Deer, Elk, and whatever else.....'

Dec 17, 2021

Seeing that the 223 thread is such a success, I thought maybe I would start one for the Creedmoor/260. Seems like people are asking a lot about using them and various bullets, especially for elk. I've used mine for the last few years almost exclusively. I have some pics of bullet damage, albeit not nearly as many as I should have, from a couple deer. I'll try to briefly describe the ones I don't have pics of.

If you have experiences, good or bad, post them up. Of course, pics are great, and add a lot of valuable information. Maybe it will take off, maybe it won't, but if it does it...

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Thread '.223 for bear, mountain goat, deer, elk, and moose.'

Jun 3, 2019

DON'T HAVE TIME TO READ 176 PAGES? HERE'S THE CHEAT SHEET.

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“Bullets matter more than headstamps.”

“Spent primers offer the supreme tutorial”.

I’ve read it here and elsewhere online. It got my attention. I started digging and asking questions and listened.

The 77gr TMK delivered by a .223 is where I ended up after many discussions and objective data regarding bullet performance and numerous pics of field results.

Now for the delivery system. Accurate. Repeatable. Reliable. Reasonable weight to afford steady shot placement and the ability to spot my own impacts...

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Thread '6mm /.243 hunting success on Big Game'

Oct 28, 2022

With the success of .223 and 6.5 threads on big game, thought I’d throw this one into the mix.

Show and detail your results harvesting big game (deer, bear, elk, moose, African game) using 6mm/.243 cartridges. Please detail bullet, MV, impact velocity, and whether hand load or factory ammo.

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Thread 'Equipment versus practice posts and Rifle practice/shooting'

Mar 31, 2020

This isn’t in response to anyone I particular, but there is an up tick in the amount of “I want a XXXX distance hunting rifle” traffic the last few months. I am getting a lot of questions relating to this, which I do not mind helping, but thought a public post might help answer some questions. It’s an attempt to get to actually using your rifles.


People online tend to act like 600/800/whatever yards is a rifle, cartridge and BDC scope purchase away. When someone asks for advice, or says I’m building an -insert whatever rifle/cartridge you want-, people are discussing hardware not...

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Post in thread 'Max Effective Range for Elk: 7-08, 6.5C, and 308'

Feb 28, 2024

Opinions vary

It not opinion. It’s the whole of legitimate, medical terminal ballistics research.

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/21037128_Gunshot_wounds_I_Bullets_ballistics_and_mechanisms_of_injury

Here’s a few of the relevant papers that you can google.



Lindsey D: The idolatry of velocity, or lies, damn lies, and ballistics.

Swan KG, Swan RC, Levine MG, Rocko JM: The US M-16 rifle versus the Russian AK-47 rifle

Ordog GJ, Wassererger J, Balasubramanium S: Am Emer Med

GM, Sim FH: Missile wounds of the extremities: A current concepts review...

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