Suppressed Elk Rifle vs 338 Cannon + Ear Pro

[mxgsfmdpx]

No need for forgiveness

The man asked a question, expecting opinions from strangers. And you’re surprised to read something you don’t agree with? Welcome to the internet.

Above all else, the amount of shooting you do in field positions throughout the year will affect your hunt more than caliber or bullet ever will. Confidence comes from practice, not what caliber or bullet some dude on the internet said you should use.

 

[treillw]

No need for forgiveness

The man asked a question, expecting opinions from strangers. And you’re surprised to read something you don’t agree with? Welcome to the internet.

Above all else, the amount of shooting you do in field positions throughout the year will affect your hunt more than caliber or bullet ever will. Confidence comes from practice, not what caliber or bullet some dude on the internet said you should use.

have a nice day.

 

[RickD]

have a nice day.

In all seriousness, I hope you find a rifle/cartridge you are comfortable shooting, and that you try your best to shoot whatever that is, in many positions you may encounter in the field. I would much rather be hunting public land with seasoned shooters of whatever caliber they shoot accurately and well, than marginal marksman with a larger caliber.

 

[Pilsner]

@treillw

What would lead you to a conclusion that bullets meant to fragment would ever exit?

There may be a magical velocity and bullet weight where you may get an exit. But it’s unlikely with bullets designed to fragment.

There is no magic bullet, they all offer a tradeoff. I think you may need to do research on the typical characteristics of different bulletin designs and select the bullets with the tradeoffs you can live with.

At best to get what you have asked for in the OP is you need to launch a hard controlled expansion bullet at the most extreme velocity possible and keep the range at a distance the velocity would provide a lot of shock.

But the BC will be low, it will bleed velocity fast and the rifle will most likely be terrible to shoot and carry.

Personally, for the most part I have selected heavy and long for caliber high BC bullets and live with the tradeoff of no exit and poor blood trails.

There are NO solutions - only tradeoffs. Damn it! Welcome to real life. @BRTeedogs nailed it.
Edit to add: I will ALWAYS take the suppressed option over any other option. The damage that comes from a lifetime of exposure to blast damage aka mTBI's and hearing damage are NOT worth whatever excuse that you have for not shooting suppressed or even worse using a muzzle brake.
-Doc

 

[treillw]

Side note: when starting this thread, I had no idea about the whole rokslide 6mm craze. Funny how trends have changed over the years.

Looks like I should go back to what I was doing over a decade ago with the .243