muskyman
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Prieser, I hope this doesn't get long winded but here goes. I go round and round with this, with my friends that shoot muzzy broadheads, because of their bone breaking capabilities, if they hit the shoulder. Why pick your equiptment for the 10-20% of the time that your going to fail from human error? I myself believe, that your equipment should give you the best chance to succeed under the norm (80-90%) With that being said, I "use" to have a 7mm mag. I sold it and now I use my .243 Win when I'm in rifle country. No it doesn't carry the FP's the 7mm does but I was much more accurate with the .243, where I knew I was going to make a shot out to 300yds 90% of the time, with plenty of kenetic energy left to put down a deer. Hope this helps you pick a round that will meet your expectations 
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Prieser
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yep I agree. But, I am going to be using this particular riffle for bigger game. Elk, moose, maybe a grizzly who knows. My 7MM is great for deer, never a problem. I have also heard there are elk outfitters who wont let you 7MM. I know the chances are just as good for a gut shot, as a shoulder blade. Just want to make sure if I am a little foward that its still going down. 
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muskyman
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Hey Mack, you mentioned the muzzel break earlier and I just thought I'd throw this out there for your amusement. A buddy of mine and I were doing a little herd control at a friend of mines farm a couple years ago. One of our main goals was to let my buddy test the limits of his 30-378 Weatherby. Ballisticaly it is a phenomenal round, so we wanted to get a broadside 400-500yd shot. He shoots the Barnes X 180 gr. limited expansion bullet (retains like 99% of it's weight) to keep from ruining the meat by the bullet exploding on impact. But anyway, meanwhile back on the farm....the 500 yd. shot didn't present itself this night so we went to check one of his far fields. We started to come up over the crown of the field (army crawling) and I see a deer about 20-30 yds. away next thing you know another deer pops it's head up at 20 yds, both of them now looking our direction. My buddy whispers what do we do? Noticing that the deer are getting uneasy I whisper "on the count of 3". On 3 we both jump up and wholey stampede!! About 20 some deer take off, all within 75 yards of us. Well we start shooting, but I didn't realize, until my buddy shoots the first time, that I was approximately 28" further forward than he was  Did I mention he had a break on his gun!!! I think it was about an hour later that my ears quit ringing. We laugh about it now but we agreed that from now on he leads the way  Do your research on that round Mack. He's got @ $2000 wrapped up in the gun,scope,bases and rings. Not to mention his shells are $80/box.
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muskyman
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There you go Prieser, go with the 30-378. Just change the charge you put in it for what game your going to hunt and you could use the same gun for anything from whitetail to Cape Buffalo 
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Steve Plantz
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I am no expert as I have never hunted Elk ( it is defiantly on my list of things to do ) but a good friend of mine has hunted Elk in Wyoming for quite a few years and what he has found is that most locals use 7MM's and the out of State guys use the bigger rounds.
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yep I agree. But, I am going to be using this particular riffle for bigger game. Elk, moose, maybe a grizzly who knows. My 7MM is great for deer, never a problem. I have also heard there are elk outfitters who wont let you 7MM. I know the chances are just as good for a gut shot, as a shoulder blade. Just want to make sure if I am a little forward that its still going down.
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Dobber
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I would go with the 300,but since you mention moose and grizzly I would go with the 338. just my 2cents
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AmWatson
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Go Barta on them...use a knife 
Seriously, I lived out West for most of my life and knew a lot of Elk hunters. The most popular round for many of them is the 30-.06  Not sure on the grizzly though. You have to be 3/4 crazy to hunt a grizzly-on purpose 
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AlvinMack
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I'm with Dobber on this one, if this rifle was just dedicated for Elk. I would go with the 338 Winchester and choose a premium 225 grain bullet.
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big G
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Mike, I just picked up a Rem 700 in 30.06 for elk out west.
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