Next year I'm hoping to go on an elk hunt. I have never hunted anything larger than a whitetail before and I will be using a Ruger M77 in 7mm Rem. Mag. What kind of bullet/weight combination should I use?
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Next year I'm hoping to go on an elk hunt. I have never hunted anything larger than a whitetail before and I will be using a Ru
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In the Rockies shots might be long. My first elk was with an M-77 7 mm Rem Mag and 160 gr. Partitions. I have killed bulls with my Sako 7 mm and the same load but feel that Barnes is equally as good. More recently I have switched to Berger VLD 168 gr at about 3000 fps in the Rem Mag or 3400 fps (yep max load with long barrel) in the 7 mm Ultra. They drop deer, elk, or antelope like lightening struck them. The animal usually just sits down and rolls over.
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I shot my bull last year with a .30-06 with a 165 grain bullet. I would not go with something much lighter but as a friend told me, don't think you are going to go with a heavy bullet and weigh him down. Shot placement is much more important than bullet weight (as long as you are not hunting with a .22).
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