Ranger Rick
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I have been blessed with 23 one-shot elk kills with 130gr .270 up to 168gr 7mm mag. All but two dropped in their tracks. IMO you don't need at least 190gr
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I have been blessed with 23 one-shot elk kills with 130gr .270 up to 168gr 7mm mag. All but two dropped in their tracks. IMO you don't need at least 190gr
The TLR EDGE is a fantastic bullet , they will crush an elk ! I love them ! I had my Patriot 30 cal. short mag set up as single shot and will be loading the 30 cal TLR for it .Here is my 2 cents. With a wyatts box you can go 3 or 3.1. You don,t have enough horsepower for heavy bullets so my choice for you would be the new federal edge TLR in 175gr. Solid shank bonded tipped. G1 of .536, And I would not go shorter than a 23 inch barrel
Beware the 200gr accubond. It might be great in an 06 but in the magnums it is too soft. Unless you are far far away. For buffalo use the 200 partition.I've used 180gn Accubonds on elk with great success. I've just developed a load for 200Gn accubonds for an upcoming bison hunt. I like the performance of the accubonds and believe they will perform well on bone or soft tissue. I have shied away fro Bergers as some have reported they can be pretty fragile against bone. BTW I shoot a 300 Win Mag.
I forget Woodleigh protected points. Another excellent bulletBergers. Sierra MK. I will get beheaded for this but they are NOT game bullets. Basically if the nose does not fold over they penetrate 4 inches and blow up. Really? I have never lost an animal from too hard a bullet. But I sure have from too soft a bullet. Nosler partitions, trophy bondeds, hammers, Barnes , North forks. These are real game bullets