Hello,
I recently found out I was drawn for a once-in-a-lifetime Elk tag up here in North Dakota. Don't think I have a rifle for the task. I have a perfectly good Sako Forrester in 243 that I've shot over 30 deer with from Nice Mule bucks to little WT does. Don't think that is going to cut it for an Elk
As any self respecting man would consider this a perfectly logical excuse to purchase YET another rifle regardless of his budget, I'm looking for some advice on calibers.
I'm hoping for two functions out of this rifle
(Primary) Longer distance bench shooting..
400 to 600+ yards.
200 to 300 rounds a year.
(Secondary) Hunting Elk, Moose, Black Bear, Caribou, Sasquatch, Canadians, etc.
I've been researching calibers and have come across the following as potential candidates
257 Weatherby
264 Win Mag
300 Win Mag
338 Win Mag
(others)
I'm hoping to get a Remington 700 and top it with a nice VX-3 4.5 to 14 but am open to other rifles.
I'm a reloader so ammo availability doesn't factor.
I would say I'm willing to swap barrels every 1500 to 2000 rounds or so.. and don't plan to max out the rounds as a speed freak. Just going to hunt with Barnes TTSX and load match rounds for clankers in the off season.
If recoil is just off the charts I'll get a bigger butt stock pad or just thread the barrel and put on a break.
Thoughts?
Much appreciated.
I recently found out I was drawn for a once-in-a-lifetime Elk tag up here in North Dakota. Don't think I have a rifle for the task. I have a perfectly good Sako Forrester in 243 that I've shot over 30 deer with from Nice Mule bucks to little WT does. Don't think that is going to cut it for an Elk
As any self respecting man would consider this a perfectly logical excuse to purchase YET another rifle regardless of his budget, I'm looking for some advice on calibers.
I'm hoping for two functions out of this rifle
(Primary) Longer distance bench shooting..
400 to 600+ yards.
200 to 300 rounds a year.
(Secondary) Hunting Elk, Moose, Black Bear, Caribou, Sasquatch, Canadians, etc.
I've been researching calibers and have come across the following as potential candidates
257 Weatherby
264 Win Mag
300 Win Mag
338 Win Mag
(others)
I'm hoping to get a Remington 700 and top it with a nice VX-3 4.5 to 14 but am open to other rifles.
I'm a reloader so ammo availability doesn't factor.
I would say I'm willing to swap barrels every 1500 to 2000 rounds or so.. and don't plan to max out the rounds as a speed freak. Just going to hunt with Barnes TTSX and load match rounds for clankers in the off season.
If recoil is just off the charts I'll get a bigger butt stock pad or just thread the barrel and put on a break.
Thoughts?
Much appreciated.