ELK WEEK - The 7 Essentials for Elk Rifles

Let's start off Elk Week with the proper rifle, shall we. Join me and elk guide Tate Bradfield as we "discuss" elk rifles and the 7 things to look for in a good one.
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For 44 years I’ve had the good fortune to photograph and write about my passion - the outdoor life. Wild creatures and wild places have always stirred me - from the first flushing pheasant that frightened me out of my socks in grandpa’s cornfield to the last whitetail that dismissed me with a wag of its tail. In my attempts to connect with this natural wonder, to become an integral part of our ecosystem and capture a bit of its mystery, I’ve photographed, hiked, hunted, birded, and fished across much of this planet. I've seen the beauty that everyone should see, survived adventures that everyone should experience. I may not have climbed the highest mountains, canoed the wildest rivers, caught the largest fish or shot the biggest bucks, but I’ve tried. Perhaps you have, too. And that’s the essential thing. Being out there, an active participant in our outdoor world.
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[@austinanderson8485]

Tbh I kinda defeated the purpose of the savage axis being lightweight when I bedded the stock Epoxy front and rear and added bb’s for weight to center the weight and added 4-16x44 Arken weighing 24 3/4 oz but it shoots like a dream and weights 10.5 lbs but I don’t typically do much more than mile or 2 hike at a time and that is a useable weight for me to carry shoots amazingly so I persally for my usage love the 8-10 lb gun

[@jaydunbar7538]

I like higher magnification for sighting in the rifle, I never remember to turn it up off 3x in the field anyway.

[@05xlt]

A quality scope has more clarity than zoom. It took me a couple cheap scopes to realize that, but it really does make all the difference.

[@donwyoming1936]

Model 70 Lightweight in 270 Win stoked with handloaded 130gr Speer Grand Slams. All I ever needed for deer & elk.

[@GARDENER42]

Hunted elk in 2006 through 2009 until CO ramped up the cost of us Limeys coming hunting - US loss annually of $3-5k ever since. Only time I filled my tag was 2008, using my Schultz & Larsen in .270 with 150gr Sierra. Who cares what the rifle weighs? Mine was around 9lbs with scope & I never noticed the weight. How often do these superlight barrel guys come back to camp with a couple of pints of water in their Camelbak, or uneaten food? There's your 3lbs saved on the rifle gone right away. Or you could always lose 5lbs in the couple of weeks before going hunting...

[@30Huckleberry]

When thinking about bolt action rifle you first think, what model tikka do I want.

[@ronlowney4700]

OR A SAKO! 😜

[@jaydunbar7538]

I went with a Weatherby, but tikka was a contender. Weatherby won because I could order exactly what I wanted directly from the factory to my local FFL instead of having to just search till I got lucky or “close enough” and settled.

[@nathanielmatzeo5274]

great platform, ok stock rifle

[@ronlowney4700]

@@jaydunbar7538 Never "Settle" For Something You Don't Want! 🫨

[@Ssquaredphotography]

Tikka T3x in 7mm-08 with a 2-12x44 optic!

[@zippy45acp53]

If compact and lightweight is important than why add length and weight to the rifle with a can?

[@travisweldmaster7815]

Hoochie coochie choo choo train 🎉