Roy Weatherby’s proprietary 7mm Wby. At close ranges, this added velocity likely won’t make much difference in a real-world hunting scenario. Go find a 7mm Rem Mag with 160 grain bullets and shoot and compare with 30-06,180 grain bullets, the ones you'd shoot an elk. Myself and 7 of my buddies shooting senderos with 180s. Shot opportunities come dear when hunting big bulls on public land, and nothing is better for tricky shot angles than a hard-hitting, deep-driving .338 bullet. Mag. I’ll stick my neck out and say it: This is the best 6.5mm cartridge ever devised for hunting. And with the near 100% weight retention of the Barnes I would feel very comfortable using it at 500 yards for all 3 animals if the shot needed to be taken. Great .300 Win. A cartridge that starts a slippery bullet with plenty of speed provides flat trajectories and maximum wind-bucking ability. I've put a few elk down with the 30/06. I have shot lots of deer but I have never been satisfied with its performance. It will for sure kill an elk, however, some believe that because of the larger diameter and heavier bullet, it’s a better elk cartridge than a .308 Winchester or .30/06. And the bigger they get, the tougher they become. Mature bulls have heavy bones, dense muscle, and loads of resilience from years of shrugging off battle wounds. I would hate to imagine how many elk the 30/06 cartridge has claimed. I have two 7mm rem mags--a #1 and an A-bolt--and they feel, to me, just like an -06. Barnes LRX will group well cause I really think that would be the bestmiddle gground for deer , lope and elk. Thank you fellas! Before modern rangefinders, it was the cartridge of choice for world-traveling hunters who liked its flat trajectory and emphatic impact. So far on elk with that load, I am two shots for two dead bulls..35 Whelen I just want the pull the trigger and the animal dies quickly! Jamie. It is not a .35 Whelen. In purely practical terms, no elk cartridge equals the beautifully balanced .300 Win. For all its virtues, like the 6.5 Creedmoor the 6.5 PRC just doesn’t have the bullet diameter and weight to handle steeply angled shot presentations. In pure engineering terms the 30 Nosler is the best of the entire flock of 30-caliber magnums. So I have hunted some with shotgun slugs but mostly the last 8 years or so with .50 cal muzzleloader and have shot quite a few deer ranging from 30 yards all the way out to 248 yards is my furthest shot/kill. This original 7mm gave rise to the 30-06 and all subsequent cartridges based on it, but it also inspired a lot of other 7mm rounds. For many years there were multiple doe/fawn antelope tags available, so the 7mm brought home two or three antelope per year. Great .270 elk bullets: Nosler 160-grain Partition; Barnes 140-grain TSX BT; Swift 150-grain A-Frame. I've put a few elk down with the 30/06. The advantage of the .270 is that it can do it all on mule deer, Caribou, pronghorns and elk as well except the elk … It wallops big bulls with authority, and wallops hunters hard, too. Just my two cents. It’s not my all-time favorite elk cartridge, but it’s a really, really close second. Great 28-caliber elk bullets: Barnes 168-grain LRX; Nosler 175-grain Partition; Swift 175-grain A-Frame. I've seen elk shot with a 7mm mag, and they were also very dead. Great .45-70 elk bullets: Barnes 300-grain TSX FN; Hornady 325-grain FTX; Swift 350-grain A-Frame. If approved, the bill would also ban lead... Sign up for the Field & Stream newsletter and get the latest intelligence straight to your inbox. Pushing heavy bullets at well over 3,000 fps, it hits elk like a freight train. A huge success since its 1962 debut, the 7mm Rem. I would decide depending on which bullet you wish to shoot. Great .300 RUM elk bullets: Federal 180-grain TBT; Nosler 200-grain AccuBond; Hornady 220-grain ELD-X; Barnes 190-grain LRX BT. i did have a limbsaver on the 7mm though. I’ve made my longest two kills on elk with the .280 AI—both one shot and done. Factory ammo performs neck and neck with the legendary .300 Win. From 52 yards out to 211 yards on a 326lb mule deer, devasting results and near 100% weight retention!