Is a .22 ok for elk?

[Bärenjäger]

Wait... You mean this is all a joke? I should be using a .22 magnum? Sounds like some real Rambo-type Hollywood shit...

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[Dcrafton]

It’s best if you reload, I cast my own 22 cal bullets at .700 BC, I like RL50 best.


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[Reburn]

Happy Festivus is in order. Might be time to kick this shit off. @Kenn you should edit your title to be

Is a .22 ok for elk? - Happy Festivus​

 

[Azone]

17 HMR all day! But if your heart is set on the deuce deuce I would recommend CCI Stingers.

 

[Azone]

It’s best if you reload, I cast my own 22 cal bullets at .700 BC, I like RL50 best.


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That’d be some wicked shit right there.

 

[Spoonbill]

Actually, my next elk/deer/bear/moose rifle will indeed be chambered in .22. Zero to 1200 yds in a sporting weight delivery system. Cant wait!

Iron sites or a tasco? Better not be an swfa i heard those scopes don’t track.

 

[SouthPaw]

.410 with birdshot is far more effective. Make sure its steel.

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[Trr15]

Can someone enlighten me as to the recent trend in downplaying the need for (or even belittling the idea of) shooting magnum caliber rifles? It’s seems lots of guys take issue with people being more comfortable with magnum calibers for larger game animals. I understand the argument for more recoil, more flinch, less accuracy in some cases, but there is a reason magnum calibers exist. Yes, modern bullet technology is leaps and bounds beyond where it was even 30 years ago, but there aren’t too many guys carrying a .243 as their moose rifle, or a .380 as their bear country side arm.

 

[PNWGATOR]

Terminal performance and shootability.

Spoonbill,
ATACR 4-16.

 

[Afhunter1]

Only if you have a flat bill on your hat to block the sunlight while your taking aim.

 

[PredatorSlayer]

Come on guys - unless it has a magnum attached to the end it can’t kill elk. We need to be fair to the animals and use a .22 mag, long rifle won’t cut it.

 

[Dcrafton]

That’d be some wicked shit right there.

I use strictly Vibranium for my bullets.


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[BRTreedogs]

Is it good for 1000 yards out the box tho?
Just range and press da trigger.

 

[Fridaythe13th]

Not to mention the cost effective of a 22 I just saw yesterday there was 200 rounds of remington go for $120. Why would anyone shot a .17

 

[Achigan1]

This ain’t your granddaddy’s mountain, fudd.
All you need is a 17 caliber high BC monometal slug, a 3 pound scope in 19 oz. worth of mounts glued into a carbon fiber stock to save weight, a kestrel, a tripod, a bipod, a rear rest, a ballistic calculator and a drop chart.
Sheesh.

 

[BRTreedogs]

If you have a 5 port muzzle break and a banana clip you can watch your splash and just walk the rounds in for a hit.

 

[JCooper]

That’s great then, my Ruger 10/22 Magnum will be perfect. I think I even have some of those Hornady bullets with the red tip!

 

[Spoonbill]

Can someone enlighten me as to the recent trend in downplaying the need for (or even belittling the idea of) shooting magnum caliber rifles? It’s seems lots of guys take issue with people being more comfortable with magnum calibers for larger game animals. I understand the argument for more recoil, more flinch, less accuracy in some cases, but there is a reason magnum calibers exist. Yes, modern bullet technology is leaps and bounds beyond where it was even 30 years ago, but there aren’t too many guys carrying a .243 as their moose rifle, or a .380 as their bear country side arm.

I think part of if is a pushback of all the articles saying “you need a 338 super mag to shoot elk, 270 won’t cut it.” Naturally people who had seen the opposite happen started pushing back. That and people got tired of hearing people who missed or crippled elk using a magnum that they hadn’t practiced with or flinched so bad because they hadn’t practiced with their rifle.
Threads like @PNWGATOR ‘s thread about using a 223, just highlight that new shooters need trigger time moreso than a rifle that will anchor elk.

 

[BuzzH]

Don't know about elk, but I shot this doe mule deer with a .22 magnum rimfire. Probably 90 yards broadside, hit it behind the shoulder, ran maybe 40 yards, wobbled and dead. Bullet was just under the hide on the off-side expanded about to the size of a dime. CCI hollow point bullet.

Friend shot a doe the same day with a 25-20 and it also worked pretty well, but the .22 magnum worked better, IMO.

 

[BRTreedogs]

Don't know about elk, but I shot this doe mule deer with a .22 magnum rimfire. Probably 90 yards broadside, hit it behind the shoulder, ran maybe 40 yards, wobbled and dead. Bullet was just under the hide on the off-side expanded about to the size of a dime. CCI hollow point bullet.

Friend shot a doe the same day with a 25-20 and it also worked pretty well, but the .22 magnum worked better, IMO.

Nah those does were killed by the rampant wolves in Wyoming