30.06 vs 7mm Rem. Mag. for elk.

[Jacks Grampa]

Is there an advantage of one over the other for elk inside 200 yards?

 

[billshehane]

NO !

 

[2506]

Use a proper bullet for either and put it where it needs to go and Elk will not know the difference.

 

[Gary in MD]

Probably not much difference.
But inside 200?
I’d take the 06 unless I already had the 7mag.
Loaded with modern bullets and powders, the old 06 is still big medicine!
Gary
For the record, the only bull I have killed was with a 7stw.

 

[ballisticxlr]

The elk won't notice a difference. I'd still use the magnum anyway but I'm a 7mag fanboy.

 

[K22]

Never shot an Elk and probably never will but my ex-boss was born and raised in Wyoming and has hunted Elk throughout the west with his family and friends and they've taken a few. Their rifle of choice - the old 30 06 with 180 bullets.

 

[TC260]

35 Whelen

...wait, what was the question?

 

[wbm]

Is there an advantage of one over the other for elk inside 200 yards?

No.

 

[Jacks Grampa]

Thanks all. That's pretty much what I thought.

 

[ckrifles]

Inside of 200 yards no advantage. I have killed elk with ,260 rem, 6.5 x 284, 270 win, 270 wsm, 7mm saum, 7mm rem mag, 300 wsm. I was most always hunting Deer when the Elk showed up. Just put your shot were it needs to go.

 

[hunter67]

30-06

 

[6fatrat]

No

 

[mmcu]

30-06 and a 180 grain Partition = freezer filler.

 

[snert]

No. However, the Fraternal order of Elk has a small committee of elk that research this topic and so far none have survived long enough to complain....

 

[Liven The Dream]

30.06 ...
7 Mag . To much meat Damage .

Done it .

 

[hunter67]

Even old Rem corlokt does the job

 

[std7mag]

No difference inside 200 yards.

Out to 400 yards the 308, and 7mm-08 get the job done quite nicely, without the excessive recoil.

Elk have been taken further than the above mentioned 400 yards with 257 Roberts, and even 243 Win.
I personally wouldn't use the 243 Win on elk, but that's just me.

 

[lb-ft]

30-06. Getting the job done for over a century.

 

[AckleymanII]

30/06 with 180g Partition, 190g Nosler LRAB with R#26

7 Mag with 175g LRAB with R#26

Elk have got a lot stouter than when I used a 7x57 with 140g Sierra flat base and 7 Mag with 140g Nosler ballistic tips.

Cow tags = 243 Win with 100g Partitions with IMR 4350, today I would use R26.

Put the shot where it needs to go, or don't pull the trigger...get closer.

 

[Rdlningcltchdmpr]

I was the first person to ever shoot a 30-06 in its testing and development stage , can't remember the velocity or where i live.