There can be only one....

7mm Remington Magnum with 175 grain or above VLD bullets.

300 wsm because thats what i own

Now this is a practical answer. Sort of like why I like my car, it’s payed for.

If the hunt came up, I would have to purchase a bigger bore gun.
300WSM most likely or a 325WSM. The 270/7mm WSM's would work too I guess...
Never compared them thou...

RWH,

Do you prefer the SM as they allow for a shorter action, and thus shorter rifle, or something else, or both shortness, and something else?

Since I have no biz of shooting over 400 yards.

257wby. I would change from my deer 80gr ttsx's to 100gr ttsx.

If just buying a rifle for Elk 300 RUM makes a heck of a choice.

For some unknown reason I have just been set on Short Actions. No Particular reason.
I like the calibre's based on the 308 shell case, and believe from reading the WSM's are super efficient and accurate. The WSSM's don't appeal to me at all...

Would be mine as well.

I have a .300wby sendero and that would be great for hunting over a water hole.

But if we were on the move I would go with a 300wsm

I would have thought that there would have been more 7mm RM fans posting in this thread. Humm....

45-70 in the deep brush if its going to be a long open shot 300 win mag

My 300 Win Mag.

That said, I wouldn't hesistate for even an instant to take one of my .270's stoked with 150 Partitions.

Not many people in TX are into the long range vld and best of the west type shooting

Every High Priest of North American hunting who wants one gun and to spend his money on other things knows the 30.06 was, is, and always will be the king.

I bet you guys don't know who goes last if everyone arrives at a 4-way stop at the same time either.

.300 Winchester Magnum

.375 Ruger. Enough gun for anything I should ever care to shoot.

I like the 7 rem mag, and had I be successful in drawing out for elk I would have been carrying mine...

My .338 Win Mag is hard to beat for elk.

30-06 was king till the 308 came out, it killed the 06 in the accuracy department, since then no one shoots the 06 in competetion

yeah but we are talkin elk here... dont think the critter will know the diff...

.308!!! Big enough to get the job done on anything in the continental 48 and other countries as well.

Shot placement > Larger Caliber

I take my 300WM with me every fall. It's a stone cold killer and I can buy my Horady 180grain SST's for 38.00 a box. I don't have the eye's for it anymore but I've killed several elk in the past that we way out there. The calibers mentioned will all take down a bull. The key is to find one that your not too light in the britches to shoot and practice. Later Baker

Have to agree with you, 7mm rem mag. When I built my last rifle, I Did alot of research, found very little difference in the performance up to 500 yds for most of the big guns - plus I already the brass, bullets, dies, etc. The improvement was so small going to a 30 cal that it made since to stay where I was.