Get a good 338 and forget the 325...if you cannot carry your rifle in elk country, time to hunt the flat land or give it up..

T-loop,

How old are you? Have you ever been shot up or busted up sometime in your life? Will you ever grow old?

There are places for smaller, lighter rifles that have a bit of POP to them, and you'll get to a point where they make a big difference in getting up and down mountains. They forestall having to "give it up". And, the 338 is one of my alltime favorites, by the way, as is the 300 H&H and 375 H&H.

L2S