The 30 Winchester commonly known as the 30-30 is a low powered bush round. If you are within 100-125 yards and you know the bullet drop for your particular round and gun, you should easily be able to take down an elk with a well placed shot. Like any other gun you need to know it's limitations, but I know of many hunters who have taken down bull elks with their trusty 30-30. nady makes a lever revolution round that will increase your range on a deer from 150m to 200m and depending on your gun and barrel length you will learn what your max effective range, but i wouldn't go any further than about 220 even on a deer. As with all guns and ammo, know it's limitations and you should be fine. I suggest setting up targets every 50-100 yards for 400 yards, if you have the space this. I you can hit a 2-3 inch square consistantly at 100-150 yards then I trust you would be able to easily take down an elk at 100 yards with a well placed shot behind the shoulders. Remember that the bullet you use is extremely important, make sure you have the right grain and in situations like this, get premium bullets for larger game.
Assuming you mean the extremely popular .308 Winchester, you can hunt any North American big game with the possible exception of the big bears. It will kill them too, but there are better choices. The .308 will handily dispatch deer, elk, moose, caribou, black bears, antelope....well. you get it. It's also quite popular overseas.
"It depends on what you want to hunt. It is best for deer." original answer. The 243 has many uses deer being one of them but, it works well for just about all small and medium game. In order to make good uses of this round you must know what grain you are using.
Black bear, wild hog, moose, elk, deer to African water buffalo.. There is not much you can't kill with a 30-06. The round has been used for over a hundred years in America, In military theater to hunting your food. A person can't go wrong with this caliber, you can pick it up anywhere ammo is sold.
The nice thing about a 30 06 is that it has a variety of applications. With a 150 grain bullet you can bring down most mid size game like deer, pigs, and so on. With a larger grain like 180 it can make a clean kill on larger animals like elk and moose and even bears. I had a friend who brought back a Kodaik Grizzley that he shot with a 180 grain 30 06 bullet. If you were to hunt bear I would use a .357...better safe than sorry!
most people believe it is strictly a varmint round. Possibly white tail with a well placed shot. Uncle sam uses it for combat in the M-16 Check your state hunting laws.
Yes, it is possible to hunt with a .357 Magnum, but it will mostly kill a deer and not to many larger big game animals.
its not a 357 maximum its a 357 magnum i would know i have one ruger .357 magnum speed 6 but yes you can as long as you have a hunting permit
No
The .357 magnum was developed in the 1930's as a response to the Colt .38. Several manufacturers produce .357 magnum firearms, including American, Double Tap, Federal, and Remington.
They were manufactured in .357 Magnum, .41 Magnum, .44 Remington Magnum, .440 Cor-Bon and .50 Action Express
Handguns, including the .357 Magnum, are frequently used for hunting. The .357 magnum would be adequate for medium sized game, such as Eastern Whitetailed deer, at ranges up 100 yds or so,
No, there are .357 caliber bullets that are not magnum, but they are in the minority.
.357 Magnum will have more recoil.
If the weapon is chambered in 357 Magnum, you can fire the round in it.
No. You can get a Sig P229 that will fire .357 Sig, but that is not the same as .357 magnum.
The .357 part of the name means that the bullet diameter .357 inches. I do not know what the "Magnum" means in the name.
Something chambered in .357
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