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re: Best rifle for elk hunting
Posted on 11/29/20 at 5:02 am to ctiger69
Posted on 11/29/20 at 5:02 am to ctiger69
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I would stay away from the 7 mag for an elk gun.
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the typical 140gr. bullet is doing around 3200 fps at the muzzle, so if you fail to choose a tough controlled expansion bullet design, the softer bullets tend to over-expand or rupture and not penetrate deeply enough
There's the problem. Most guys using the 7mm rem mag for elk aren't using factory tubes shooting 140gr. They're shooting 8 to 9 twist rifles that stabilize 170 to 195gr bullets.
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Posted on 11/29/20 at 6:42 am to saintsfan1977
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Most guys using the 7mm rem mag for elk aren't using factory tubes shooting 140gr
Everybody I know who uses a 7 mag for elk is using a factory rifle and they shoot 175gr factory loads. They haven't seen a need to get a bigger rifle yet and one of them killed an absolute bruiser last year with his.
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