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I use mine every year. I'm taking it with me in November for my Kodiak brown bear hunt. Most of the moose I've shot with it have been 150 yards or less. But I've taken one at 425. That's why I use it. If needed it will reach out there and touch them.

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425 yards is a LOOOOOOONNNNG way.......certainly will reach out & touch them alright!
Great shooting Casper!

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Certainly is the cartridge 378 Weatherby Magnum primarily a matter for reloader.

However, the cartridge 378 Weatherby Magnum was initially presented as the ultimate big game cartridge. The following cartridge 460 Weatherby Magnum owes its birth only the cartridge 458 Winchester Magnum. Unfortunately was the cartridge 460 Weatherby Magnum not a great success either.

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Sure, these are all theoretical considerations, but I was still able to observe the better working at longer range on heaver game of a 250gr bullet caliber 338 compared to a 180gr bullet caliber 308. Therefore there is no reason that a 300gr bullet caliber 375 works even better, same requirements when it comes to bullet construction.

I have a good opinion of the cartridge 30-06 Springfield, but it has its limits when it comes to bullet weight and shooting distances.

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but you can't say all of this in public - a friend in finland once want to buy a .458 Win mag rifle because he want one and got a debate with his local police about it - why he would need such a rifle. answer was when hunting he had sometimes a position near to the next motorway and don't want to have a situation when a wounded elk runing over the street and cause a car accident. that was a understandable and he got his .458

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Ballistics can't be denied and the .378 sure puts forth a lot of ballistics!

But in practice, it's too much of a good thing for most folks. We have a lot of men in our area who have shot a lot of elk, a friend of mine as far as I can calculate a lot more than Elmer ever shot & that w/ .270/.30-06 class rifles. My primary elk guns are a 9.3x62 and .375 H&H but the idea that elk rifles need to be over .30 cal and range to 500 yards is ridiculous. Which was the point Jack O'connor made in his lifelong debate w/ ole Elmer. So the issue w/ the .378 or using the case, .338/.378 KT as a sort of standard for elk killing (or on other similar-sized game) is silly and frankly, borders on irresponsible if folks are encouraged to take very long shots where the heavy recoil of the rifles for most normal people does not mix well with the precision of shots demanded by the long range. None of this is secret tho and most hunters readily understand all of this which is why the .378 is virtually unknown around here and among many hunters, even those who train and shoot large ungulates at long range.

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That's very true. Ballistics is a factual science.

But the effects of recoil is a physical one.

I can't see many people shooting accuracy with it.ican see lots of people flinching badly with it and not being able to hit a mountain.

I'm going to say that if the rdcoil is too heavy to shoot from a bench or prone, it's not an accurate long range cartridge for most.

Elmer Keith to my limited knowledge championed the .338 calibre as ideal. Which is nothing new. The .318 WR (.330) already existed, amild cartridge, not as a long range cartridge, but as an excellent larger medium game killer, up to and including elephant. Promoted by making an experienced African hunter. Works well on eland and on buffalo with reasonable shooting so would kill elk and moose easily. Being mild can be shot well by most.

Elmer Keith, apologies, sounds a bit of a dickhead. Probably would have promoted the Creedmoor today.

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but you can't say all of this in public - a friend in finland once want to buy a .458 Win mag rifle because he want one and got a debate with his local police about it - why he would need such a rifle. answer was when hunting he had sometimes a position near to the next motorway and don't want to have a situation when a wounded elk runing over the street and cause a car accident. that was a understandable and he got his .458

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If you are stuck w/ lousy laws, at least it helps when you have cops willing to work with you!!

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That's also true. When shooting an animal near a border or boundary, one needs to anchor the East. Kill it or anchor it and prevent it going far.

Good reasons, or left field justifications that seem legitimate, can get one across the line.

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Ballistics can't be denied and the .378 sure puts forth a lot of ballistics!

But in practice, it's too much of a good thing for most folks. We have a lot of men in our area who have shot a lot of elk, a friend of mine as far as I can calculate a lot more than Elmer ever shot & that w/ .270/.30-06 class rifles. My primary elk guns are a 9.3x62 and .375 H&H but the idea that elk rifles need to be over .30 cal and range to 500 yards is ridiculous. Which was the point Jack O'connor made in his lifelong debate w/ ole Elmer. So the issue w/ the .378 or using the case, .338/.378 KT as a sort of standard for elk killing (or on other similar-sized game) is silly and frankly, borders on irresponsible if folks are encouraged to take very long shots where the heavy recoil of the rifles for most normal people does not mix well with the precision of shots demanded by the long range. None of this is secret tho and most hunters readily understand all of this which is why the .378 is virtually unknown around here and among many hunters, even those who train and shoot large ungulates at long range.

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That's very true. Ballistics is a factual science.

But the effects of recoil is a physical one.

I can't see many people shooting accuracy with it.ican see lots of people flinching badly with it and not being able to hit a mountain.

I'm going to say that if the rdcoil is too heavy to shoot from a bench or prone, it's not an accurate long range cartridge for most.

Elmer Keith to my limited knowledge championed the .338 calibre as ideal. Which is nothing new. The .318 WR (.330) already existed, amild cartridge, not as a long range cartridge, but as an excellent larger medium game killer, up to and including elephant. Promoted by making an experienced African hunter. Works well on eland and on buffalo with reasonable shooting so would kill elk and moose easily. Being mild can be shot well by most.

Elmer Keith, apologies, sounds a bit of a dickhead. Probably would have promoted the Creedmoor today.

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I got to know Elmer K. a bit, over the phone and some letters. I also have one of his books.
In my honest opinion, Elmer may have recommended that 6.5 only as a deer ctg. and for shooting gophers and prairie dogs, of course. He liked big numbered ctgs. overall, when used on larger big game.
Also, in my opinion, that 6.5 would be usable for anything the 6.5x55 and .260 Rem could be used for, just saying, which would include elk and moose.

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