257 Roberts on Elk

rem338win said:
You want to talk about a reading education. I have over 140kgs of shooting a hunting magazines in my basement that have all been read at least twice. I have nearly every book written by O'Connor, Gates, Keith and Barness, and mixed in I have a few others as well. I can quote ballistics charts for nearly every standardized cartridge used since Custer killed his first indian.

Oh, so YOU alone can gain knowledge by reading and the rest of us cant.

Oh and for the record with elk: there is no such thing as a calibre that is forgiving with bullet placement. Either you hit them well or you didn't, an if you didn't they are going to drag your sorry ass through some hard country trying to find them.

again opinions are like #######s. I've seen a bad shot from a large caliber take out both shoulders. even though no vitals were hit, the animal dropped. A not so fogiving smaller caliber might not have done that. Oh sorry that does not exist, right

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I can tell you lots of interesting things about WWII. I was never in WWII. Does that make what I learned and know any less valid.

Even C.M Matthews states about the .257 " More powerful calibers are better for elk"
 
todbartell said:
you obviously have never fired both cartridges in similar weight rifles. From my experiences shooting both, you'd be hard pressed to notice a difference between a 260 Rem & 7-08, firing 130-140 grain bullets
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hmmm maybe that is why I said think

I was going by the charts, no I dont have experience.

Id be up for a lesson or two though, Bwana
 
cdngunner said:
I can tell you lots of interesting things about WWII. I was never in WWII. Does that make what I learned and know any less valid.

Even C.M Matthews states about the .257 " More powerful calibers are better for elk"
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Guy, you take your opinions and fly a plane load of sh*t into a molehill of crap as far as I care. I responded to your ill thought out retort to a post and you don't like it. So now you have responded in a manner that had nothing to do with the original post. Guess you can find that kind anywhere. The .257 will kill elk, and the gun is for a lady. Better that she shoot a gun that she can shoot well with good bullets than one that she can't because some guy who has to fly 4 hours to have the chance to see one said she should use a bigger gun because it might get lucky and break a shoulder. Good grief, give it a rest and use some facts to back your slander.

By the way my elk gun is a .338 Win. Mag. with 210 TSX's because I shoot it well. But I have used all the way down to .270 and never felt undergunned.
Enjoy your eastern elk education, guy:rolleyes:.
 
I have taken many whitetail with .257 +P no issues, I would hunt elk with it, however if you were to buy a rifle for light recoil and all-around North-American game a 7mm-08 loaded with a quality bullet (Barnes, Scirocco, Partition) you would be able to place that rifle in the hands of a less experienced hunter and still retain confidence in a clean kill @200+yds
 
We hunt all species except grizz with the 25-06. my wife shoots 100gr tsx at 3280fps and we have taken several moose and elk with great success. The 257 is very close in performance and will have minimal recoil (for the new lady) My wife shoots her sako into 1" off the bench and does very well in the field. Light recoil allows her to shoot a lot and with the tsx the animals fall just fine. AA few years back we shot a bull moose with this combination @ 440 yds. He never took a step. Get the 257 and you will never be sorry.
 
I think that the 257 is a good beginner's gun but not the best. I also do not think that elk is a good choice for a beginner's first kill. If a successful hunting experience is the goal, I would go for a slightly larger cartridge (7-08 or 270) and sightly smaller game such as mule deer. If the hunt must be elk and the gal can shoot, a 257 with premium bullets will do the job. A larger caliber will not make up for a bad shot. In this area, many of the old ranchers did their fair share of killing with the 250/3000.
 
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of course you can kill an elk with a .257........you could kill it with a .22 for that matter,but if my memory serves me correctly-where elk are-so are grizzlies-so what are you going to do if a grizzly shows up?....and for that matter-a world record grizzly was shot with a .22-but that sure as heck doesn't mean I'd feel well armed with a .22 in elk country-with grizzlies around.My vote goes to the 6.5x55 swede with 160 gr bullets if recoil is an issue.I carry that moose hunting-but this year opted for a 9.3x57-just because it throws a bigger chunk of lead-about twice as much as my 6.5.
I admit prejudice for the swede quality though,in 6.5 or 9.3,and Tradex has some of each at excellent prices-for about $300 you should get a very fine weapon in excellent shape
 
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