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I just purchased a Dakota Safari in 300H&H as my PG rifle for an African trip in the works. A week later, I was presented the opportunity of an elk hunt ND in the fall. I would love to break in the new Dakota on this trip. Is the 300H&H a good choice for elk? Or would I be better served with an 338WM? Thanks! NRA Life Member SCI Member | ||
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That 300 will knock elk dead enough to eat. Get em. Regards, Keith | |||
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A .300 H&H is darn near ideal for elk. It's kinda silly that you think you need to ask! Good luck on your hunt. | |||
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165 barnes tipped triple shocks! Zinfandel and venison are GOOD! | |||
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I am using a Remington model 721 in 300 H&H with a Leuplod VXIII 1.5x5x20mm power scope on it that I inheraited from my father. My rifle likes 68.0grs. of H4831sc with a 180gr. Remington Bronze Point or 66.0grs. of H4831sc behind a Nosler 200gr. Partion. Using Norma cases and a CCI 250 primer. The 300 H&H will suite you well for elk along with you African Plains game. | |||
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My first 300 H&H was a 721 Remington and killed a few elk with it. My second 300 H&H is a 700 KS Mountain Rifle, left handed, and it too has killed a few elk, and mule deer and whitetails, and pronghorn. Yes it is an outstanding choice for an elk rifle. Mart "...I advise the gun. While this gives a moderate exercise to the body, it gives boldness, enterprize, and independance to the mind. Games played with the ball and others of that nature, are too violent for the body and stamp no character on the mind. Let your gun therefore be the constant companion of your walks." Thomas Jefferson | |||
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I have killed just two... the first with a .270/140 Accubonds the second with a 30-06/150 Accubonds I would say the H&H would be more than fine. I would shoot 180's out of it if it was me. ________________________________________________ Maker of The Frankenstud Sling Keeper Proudly made in the USA Acepting all forms of payment | |||
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I took my first elk with a .300 H&H. ****************************** There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor polite, nor popular -- but one must ask, "Is it right?" Martin Luther King, Jr. | |||
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I was going to use my pre-64 .300 H&H with a zeiss victory 2.5-10x42 for a planned elk hunt this year. That is, planned prior to breaking my forearm, 4 ribs and my collar bone. /sigh, that pretty much did in my big hunting plans for this season.  Still glad to be walking on Mother Earth - I'll just carry something smaller for local hunting this year. Regards, Robert ****************************** H4350! It stays crunchy in milk longer! | |||
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I know it's hard to believe with some of the posts on these hunting forums, but elk are not armor plated, and with proper bullet placement, they are not that hard to kill. IMO the .30-06 with good 165-180 gr bullets is a perfect elk cartridge for most hunters. Forget the Texas heart shots, and the current TV across the county shots, and your .300 H&H will fill your freezer with a couple hundred plus pounds of tasty elk venison. NRA Endowment Life Member | |||
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You'll be fine with the 300. | |||
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dont you read the Gun Rags ? Bullets from cartridges invented before 1945 bounce off elk but 243s kill like lightning.  SSR | |||
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Tough to pick a better elk caliber than the old classic magnum. I would agree it is tough to beat those tipped Barnes bullets for elk performance. To get any significant advantage over the H&H you'd have to go up to a 338 RUM or 340 Weatherby and even then it's more of a question of do you want them dead in 40 yards or 20? It sure is funny how much better 165 grains at 2,500 FPS in the lungs performs than 250 grains at 3,300 if it hits them in the ass. | |||
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I have a friend in Judith Basin, MT (was the sheriff) that has always used the 300 H&H, so does my Cuz who lives in Great Falls. I use the .280 and it kills just fine. LDK Gray Ghost Hunting Safaris http://grayghostsafaris.com Phone: 615-860-4333 Email: hunts@grayghostsafaris.com NRA Benefactor DSC Professional Member SCI Member RMEF Life Member NWTF Guardian Life Sponsor NAHC Life Member Rowland Ward - SCI Scorer Took the wife the Eastern Cape for her first hunt: http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6881000262 Hunting in the Stormberg, Winterberg and Hankey Mountains of the Eastern Cape 2018 http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/4801073142 Hunting the Eastern Cape, RSA May 22nd - June 15th 2007 http://forums.accuratereloadin...=810104007#810104007 16 Days in Zimbabwe: Leopard, plains game, fowl and more: http://forums.accuratereloadin...=212108409#212108409 Natal: Rhino, Croc, Nyala, Bushbuck and more http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6341092311 Recent hunt in the Eastern Cape, August 2010: Pics added http://forums.accuratereloadin...261039941#9261039941 10 days in the Stormberg Mountains http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/7781081322 Back in the Stormberg Mountains with friends: May-June 2017 http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6001078232 "Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading" - Thomas Jefferson Every morning the Zebra wakes up knowing it must outrun the fastest Lion if it wants to stay alive. Every morning the Lion wakes up knowing it must outrun the slowest Zebra or it will starve. It makes no difference if you are a Zebra or a Lion; when the Sun comes up in Africa, you must wake up running...... "If you're being chased by a Lion, you don't have to be faster than the Lion, you just have to be faster than the person next to you." | |||
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Thanks for the input gents. Looks like 300H&H gets the nod. NRA Life Member SCI Member | |||
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You well be happy you used a classic cartridge. I personally use a good 180gr. or 200gr. bullet that shoots well in your rifle. I am using a 200gr. Nolser Partition just because shots will be well within 200yds. max. in the area I am hunting. If shots where longer I would use the 200gr. Nosler Accunbonds with the higher BCs. Good luck on your elk hunt. | |||
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Damn Skippy! Jim Dandy! You Bechta! Whatever you want to say, ideal elk cartridge. And if you are reading this, remember, the 300 H&H was created to replicate 30-06 ballistics in Africa at lower pressures. Now, folks run higher pressures today on the 300 H&H, and honestly, I think it has become the perfect cartridge - sitting between the 30-06 and 300 Win Mag. But of course, handloaders, can do whatever they want with high pressure 30-06 loads or lighter 300 Win Mag loads. "Evil is powerless if the good are unafraid" -- Ronald Reagan "Ignorance of The People gives strength to totalitarians." Want to make just about anything work better? Keep the government as far away from it as possible, then step back and behold the wonderment and goodness. | |||
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