« previous next »
Pages: [1]   Go Down

Author Topic: CONTENDER CARBINE FOR ELK  (Read 1233 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Offline spinafish

  • Trade Count: (24)
  • Senior Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 1161
  • Gender: Male
CONTENDER CARBINE FOR ELK
« on: December 23, 2002, 10:41:59 AM »
Folks,I am considering an elk hunt this coming fall and just to be different,I have thought about using my Contender carbine.  I already own a 7-30 Waters and think I could use a stouter cartridge for elk.  I have contacted both JD and Van Horn about a .338 based on a .444 casing.  JD calls his a .338 JDJ #2.  Van Horn is sending me more info by snail mail.  Anyone out there have any experience with these cartridges or something like it?  I think I would load the new Hornady 220 SST.  Any thoughts or maybe a different cartridge comes to mind.  This is for a CONTENDER..not an ENCORE...THANKS
Merry Christmas everyone...
Logged
the most heartwreching words any man will ever hear
"depart from me, I never knew you"  Jesus
We may ignore, but we can nowhere evade the presence of God. The world is crowded with Him. He walks everywhere incognito.” C.S. Lewis

Offline bigbore442001

  • Trade Count: (3)
  • A Real Regular
  • ****
  • Posts: 579
  • Gender: Male
    • Bigbore's Outdoors.
CONTENDER CARBINE FOR ELK
« Reply #1 on: December 30, 2002, 02:47:34 PM »
I'm not a big fan of wildcats. So I would get a barrel in the good old 45-70 or a .375 Winchester. I know that both would be handloaded to their maximum potential, but you could still get factory ammunition in case something happened like losing your ammo in transit .
Logged
Pages: [1]   Go Up
« previous next »