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Which big gun would you want?
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<blockquote data-quote="Dave" data-source="post: 1832826" data-attributes="member: 498"><p>Some years back I shot a nice 5x5 bull on opening day. So I was reduced to chief cook and bottle washer and driver hauling the kids around. One afternoon I was in the local watering hole. I was talking to a young man who had also got his elk. He was telling me the story. Shot it twice in the lungs with his 308. The bull didn't go 50 yards and died. Along comes another guy who had also shot an elk. He proceeds to tell this young that he was lucky to kill an elk with a 308. He pulls a cannon shell out of his pocket. It is a 30-378. He tells us the story of his elk. Shot at it 7 times. Hit it 3 times. Broke a hind leg, gut shot it, and finally hit it in the neck. Then tells us how much lead an elk can pack. Hmmmmm I shot mine that year at 375 yards (longest shot I ever attempted on an elk). Double lunged it with the 300 Win. It went about 20 yards before flopping over. The first 3 elk I shot were with a 308. Since switching to the 300 Win I have shot 6 elk. Between the 308 and the 300 Win I shot a boat load of them with 30-06. The only one that went far was shot with Remington Core Lock bullets. The bullets blew up and didn't penetrate. After that I exclusively went to Noslar partitioned bullets.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dave, post: 1832826, member: 498"] Some years back I shot a nice 5x5 bull on opening day. So I was reduced to chief cook and bottle washer and driver hauling the kids around. One afternoon I was in the local watering hole. I was talking to a young man who had also got his elk. He was telling me the story. Shot it twice in the lungs with his 308. The bull didn't go 50 yards and died. Along comes another guy who had also shot an elk. He proceeds to tell this young that he was lucky to kill an elk with a 308. He pulls a cannon shell out of his pocket. It is a 30-378. He tells us the story of his elk. Shot at it 7 times. Hit it 3 times. Broke a hind leg, gut shot it, and finally hit it in the neck. Then tells us how much lead an elk can pack. Hmmmmm I shot mine that year at 375 yards (longest shot I ever attempted on an elk). Double lunged it with the 300 Win. It went about 20 yards before flopping over. The first 3 elk I shot were with a 308. Since switching to the 300 Win I have shot 6 elk. Between the 308 and the 300 Win I shot a boat load of them with 30-06. The only one that went far was shot with Remington Core Lock bullets. The bullets blew up and didn't penetrate. After that I exclusively went to Noslar partitioned bullets. [/QUOTE]
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