What grain bullet for elk?

[otis32]

Heading to Colardo Elk hunting this sept. What do you guys use on elk ? thanks and good luck!

[troutned]

What will you be shooting? I use a 160g partition in my 7mm rem mag, or a 165 grain in a 300 win mag. IMO, it depends upon what cartridge you're shooting. It's tempting to use the "bigger is better" logic, but a great many elk have fallen to basic traditional ammo from .30-30's and .300 savages, even .243s.

[otis32]

Sorry, I forgot to say for what!! I will be using a 50 cal. muzzle loader!!thanks

[troutned]

Sorry, I don't have any experience hunting with front-stuffers. You might try posting your question also in the "deer-bear-elk-moose" forum. Good luck.

[sportfish]

don't use power belt !!!!!!

[Archerysniper]

Look towards the 300 grain great plains bullet they are solid and will give you the penatration that you will need if you hit any amount of bone. I shoot the 250 grain hornady ballistic tips with 150 grains of powder and they work great for deer but might break up too much for elk. I also think that sabots are illegal in colorado so check into the laws you might have to use a powerbelt or other instead of the the normal sabots.

[Lund79]

Otis - are you using a flintlock, caplock or in-line? I would have no problem using a patched round ball (PRB) with 80-100 grains using my TC .54 Renegade caplock within 100 yards. If it's an in-line, I don't have experience there.