300blk elk

[rustycrusty]

300blk and 7.62x39 are perfectly suitable calibers for elk.

Proven twice personally.

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[KS63]

Handloads or factory ammo?

[rustycrusty]

Lehigh controlled chaos.
Made its way through shoulder, both lungs, rib, stuck in hide of other side.

Damage looked exactly as gel tests showed despite traveling through ‘impenetrable shoulder blade’


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[wyome]

Nice....congrats

[buckshotbarlow]

very nice, very nice indeed. may your tummy be full this winter...

[Zundfolge]

I'm going to guess you didn't go with subsonic loads :)

[.455_Hunter]

Nice!

Not really different than a .32/40 Winchester, and many elk fell to that caliber in the 1890's to 1930's.

It doesn't really matter how big your bullet is if you know where to shoot it...

[TRnCO]

congrats on the elk. What was the range of the shot?

[rustycrusty]

Range was ~70yd.
These were supers.

Too many Fudds out there repeating the same dated crap about 30.06 or larger.

I’m not even sold on always taking shots in vital zone (lung/heart).
I would much rather immediately anchor an animal with a high neck shot or other CNS hit.

It’s a real bummer to lose the heart- best chili meat there is.


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[dzeke]

Very cool! I have always been very interested in hunting with "non-typical" calibers and firearms. I'm currently acquiring preference points for an elk hunt, I plan on using a 6.5 Grendel once I get that tag.

[n8tive97]

Congrats!

[izzy]

Is that a pistol that you used?

[rustycrusty]

Is that a pistol that you used?

Yeah. Most ideal setup I’ve found for keeping weight down and hiking dark timber.


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[powerstroke79]

Awsome, what was the distance of the shot.

[KevDen2005]

Where did you find that guy. I couldn't find anything in unit 18.

[rustycrusty]

Shot distance ~70yd
This was just north of Craig


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[KevDen2005]

Shot distance ~70yd
This was just north of Craig


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I have heard good things about the deer and elk populations in the Craig area.

[KevDen2005]

Unless I missed it, what elevation did you see Elk this year?

[rustycrusty]

Taken at 10,500

It was not warm


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[KevDen2005]

Taken at 10,500

It was not warm


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Clearly in your picture.

10,500 had almost no snow through stillwater pass

[rustycrusty]

Clearly in your picture.

10,500 had almost no snow through stillwater pass

It was awkward looking down in the valley to see Craig having a sunny day


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[zimagold]

What made you choose the Lehigh controlled chaos over the Barnes 110gr black tip?

[rustycrusty]

Gun stays zeroed for the controlled chaos load, so it was an easy choice. Specifically, the gorilla or Underwood loading of the controlled chaos pill.

Ammo produced by Lehigh is shit. Lots of primer pop issues that have locked 2 guns up that I have witnessed. The bullets are great though, and very accurate.

I like the Barnes stuff and still use it in 223.


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[ColoradoMinuteMan]

A really nice harvest. Good work on your part. I just picked up a .300 BO barrel and look forward to harvesting some meat with it. I'll probably stick to hogs for now, but exciting to think about the possibilities.

[Great-Kazoo]

A really nice harvest. Good work on your part. I just picked up a .300 BO barrel and look forward to harvesting some meat with it. I'll probably stick to hogs for now, but exciting to think about the possibilities.

what length bbl & twist?

[ColoradoMinuteMan]

It's a 16" 1:7 twist Ballistic Advantage barrel. It was a bit of an impulse buy on sale.

[Seamonkey]

Congrats!