Caliber for elk

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I'm hoping to use my grandfather's very early model 70 in 300 H&H to take an elk this season. He lived in Florida, and bought it specificaly to come to Colorado to hunt in the late 40s. I believe its been a safe queen ever since that trip. Unfortunately he died a few moths ago.

I'm sure a magnum is more than enough for an elk, I would be comfortable with .308 or .30-06.

Im sorry for your loss. I understand that its nice to hunt with a heirloom.
You probably already know this but early model 70s tend to have substantial collector value to the extent that very few of them are in the field for fear of loss of value. Your choice, it may be worth more to you to use the gun

[armstrong001]

Im sorry for your loss. I understand that its nice to hunt with a heirloom.
You probably already know this but early model 70s tend to have substantial collector value to the extent that very few of them are in the field for fear of loss of value. Your choice, it may be worth more to you to use the gun

I appreciate the advice, but the value is only there if you plan on selling it. Now don't get me wrong, I won't be carting that rifle up and down mountains, beating the hell out of it. But I would like it to see some action for probably the first time in 50 years. I think my grandpa would've liked that.