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Originally Posted by 3blade

Shots on this hunt may well be close, but there are some open areas. Hard quartering shots are likely, and on an elk, there’s a lot to go through. I like exit wounds.

The rifle is also gonna be used on antelope, big coulee mulies, and possibly caribou and blacktails. Lots of open country. The 7 rm can shoot through an elk and reach out for the others. Ttsx has to impact at >2000 FPS and the 7 rm does that to 500 easy. The 308 does not.

Meat damage is minimized with monometals, but not eliminated. if it’s a choice between losing a shoulder and not killing an elk, I’ll live with the damage. After 10 or so empty elk tags, it’s time to fill one

Best of luck filing your Elk tag. They can be tough critters to hang a tag on.