Elk Bullets
 

Yes, new bullets have hit the market
What's your go-to elk bullet !! let's say out to 350 yards
Dosen't matter bonded , mono's or cor-lokt or ?
New Terminal ascent and the fusion tipped are interesting .
What have you had good success with and maybe the one that made you change
Pics and stories are good

Mono’s for me.

Barnes 150 TTSX in my 7mmx300 and 165 tsx in my .30-06 both result in dead elk.

Nosler Partitions

what weight and caliber harv

Depends on the cartridge, or more precisely the impact velocities expected.

Imo elk are the toughest animal we have in canada so I load nothing but barnes lrx and as fast as they can go.

After 30ish years of using only Nosler partition and Accubond bullets I have done two things: I have converted to Barnes, especially the LRX, and I am now packing a very trim 280 Remington in place of my REM 700 based 340 Weatherby. Broadside and quartering to shoulder shots on several bulls have shown the 280 to be a very effective elk killer, and not nearly as rough on the owner/operator as the 340!

Partition, accubond, ttsx and just put it in the right spot .Nothing lives with no lungs .

Weight all depends on the cartridge at normal top end velocities at POI .

NP's followed by ttsx...honorable mention goes to accubonds, interlocks, and sierra hpbt's

7mm rem 162 interlocks or 160 accubonds
338 win. 250 interlocks
270 win 130 gr interlocks or accubonds
.257 roberts 110 gr interlocks
.257 weatherby 100 gr interlocks or 100 ttsx
308 win 150 gr ballistic tip
300 win 180 gr ballistic tip, 180 interlocks
3030 150 interlocks
.243 100 gr interlocks
I load for 9 hunters in my family. If you shoot em in the lungs they die. I have a pile of components from days gone buy. When my nosler pile is done. I refuse to pay the nosler tax in the future.
Interlocks kill just as good. In normal conditions

I used a .338 Federal, 200 gr Trophy Bonded Tip for my elk this year. 95% weight retention and excellent expansion. It worked. Predecessor to the Terminal Ascent bullet. I'm a fan.

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Hard cast. I typically kill elk at bow range with my 45-70. Hard cast work awesome when you pound one through the high shoulder. For longer range I have had good luck with monos, Accubonds, And Partitions...

225 GR Accubonds out of the 338-06

Right now a 270 Win with either 130 or 150gr. Last elk I shot was with the 130gr. But I would use the partition in what ever caliber.

7MM: 160 grain Nosler Partition

.308 Win: 165 grain Nolser Partition

7mm PRC: 168gr Barnes LRX at 3010fps

7mm Rem Mag: 145gr Barnes LRX at 3090fps

308 Win: 130gr Barnes TTSX at 3050fps

All 3 have killed elk at varying distances. 308 out to 400m, 7RM out to 550m, 7PRC out to 600m.

Are you using the 139 or 145 lrx in your 280? I just picked up some 139s that I'm itchin to try

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I’m using the 145 LRX. I have the 139’s on the shelf but my 145 load is both fast and amazingly accurate (using unobtanium RL26) so I have not tried the 139’s yet.

Barnes tsx, ttsx, lrx or nosler partition. Nothing else IMO.

Woodleigh Weldcors for me with the mid bores. Tough, accurate flat based bullets.

seems a movement to the copper .
If lead is bad for the health why use it over any mono .
Do mono's foul more than PT ? barrel ...
I could never understand the argument that the TSX needs cleaning after 20 shots or so ..
Slow velocity = no expansion ..
Not sure how to ask this , if the TSX is perfect why use anything else ?


I use the partition and TB almost exclusivley, but maybe it's time

The fouling was bad in the original X bullets, many members here have stated so.

But Barnes reworked them and now I shoot hundreds and don’t notice much for fouling at all.

The ttsx is a totally different bullet and the one to use ,I wouldn't use a tsx if they were loaded by the case free . A free case of ttsx I would welcome .

The market availability on some bullets has driven the cost up like partitions etc, but I won't change my hunting bullet unless I couldn't find any .Cost of one bullet to kill is the cheapest part of hunting .Target is another game

In the past 50 year everything I used a partition on I recovered real easy,maybe animals are now tougher then 50 years ago .

We have better optics ,rifles ?, clothing ,vehicles to recover ,better tech for reloading ,range finders , Chronos ,more info then ever before on hunting .

One thing will never change and that's bullet placement once you pull the trigger ,So I never over complicate things . My hunting rifle is made for my hunting purpose only so my bullets change very little .

I have shot stuff with the ttsx in another rifle while hunting and there very good .

I use to think the more rifles I had or better bullets always coming out the better hunter I would be ,totally wrong . I wasted so much time screwing around testing this and that in different rifles I lost count off. So really I lost out on the best hunting in my prime ,biggest mistake I ever made . Chasing something that didn't need changing .

Why is that? I’ve shot a whole bunch of game with both and I’ve honestly not seen a difference. I find that the TSX’s are often more accurate.

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Elk Inuse Accubonds or Partitions.Ballistic tips for coyotes & Wolves

That's my choice not yours . I've known your take about a TSX for a decade ,nothing has change on my end or yours so why ask .

Your statements regarding the TSX are pretty dramatic. There has to be a reason for it.

Shot Nosler Partition and Accubonds for years. Pretty much switched my sons and my rifles over to Barnes TTSX or LRX. Never had a failure to fill the freezer. Main reason I switched from Nosler Partition and Accubonds was lack of availability and price of Nosler.

This has been my experience also good performance from Both. My .30/06 shoots the 165TSX more accurately then the 168 TTSX which is to bad because I believe the 168 was designed for the 06. I’ve shot a moose and a few elk with it pass throughs and clean kills aside from one which requires a second shot but the first one was my fault.