Originally Posted By: tresmonGet a 7mm something, they're the most aerodynamic of all bullets until you get way up into the super heavy 338's desighned for sniper use, and you have to have a 338 LM to shoot'em fast enough. The higher Ballistic coeffiecients of the 7's let's it be less affected by wind, shoots flatter, and have more retained veocity( = retained energy) down range.
Having said that, I recomend a 280, 280 improved, 7WSM or 7MM RM. 7mm Rum is overbore & the brass is low quaility.
If your an above average shooter, or plan on shortish range stuff only, a 7mm-08 will fit the bill very nicley as well-
but might somehow feel quite puny in your hands after you have packed out the first portion of elk meat, and have retuned to pack out another portion of meat only to discover a grizz or brown has claimed your prize as his own, and he want's to prove it to you beyond a shadow of doubt.
This is exactly what I was going to post. I would also throw in the 7SAUM. I am more than a little partial to the 7s