the 358 as an ELK rifle

[340wby]

if you tend to hunt the timbered slopes where long shots are rare,the BLR or a light bolt action carbine makes a handy elk hunting tool thats much easier to handle in the timber than a full length magnum.
theres no question in that my 35 plus years of ELK hunting experiance that the SPEER 250 grain shot from a 358 win BLR is about IDEAL on ELK within its range limits
my late hunting partner used almost no other rifle or load
(44 grains of IMR4064 under the speer 250 grain bullet)
sight in 3.5" high at 100 yards youll be slightly high at two hundred and about 11 inches low at 300 yards
it expands well, and usually EXITS even from less than ideal angles
this sight in allows you to hold on the area over the heart out to 250 yards, hold slightly higher at 300 yards and use the bottom cross hair ballanced on the back line as a aim aid at 350 yards

while some guys that don,t want to use a magnum prefer the 308 or 30/06 the 250 grain bullets from a 358 hit noticably harder if the effect on the ELK is any way to judge

www.browning.com/products/catalog/firearms/detail.asp?value=003B&cat_id=034&type_id=006

[klsm54]

That 358 Win/ Browning BLR sounds like a great Elk rifle for normal ranges 340..

That 250 grain Speer is one excellent bullet. I think that the lack of 35 caliber magnums has allowed Speer to make just about the perfect bullet for velocities that the 358 and Whelen deliver....

[340wby]

if your able to handle stiff loads in a 30/06, the 358 win has similar recoil and 35 whelen is only slightly higher recoil
both well under the recoil levels of the larger magnum cartridges, plus the noise/muzzle blast, tends to be lower