I dont see why that wouldnt be alright. My uncle has killed elk for the last 40 years with a 130g in a 270w

Heavy with weight retention. 180-220 is great. Sure 150 may work out fine but it is a big animal so why not go heavier.

Ok thanks. Ive not shot anything other than the 150's. I ll have to try some heavier rounds and see how they do.

Elk can't tell what weigh bullet you shot them with. Reminds me of the movie "Jeremiah Johnson" where Bearclaw Chris tells him "Elk don't know how many legs a horse has!"

That said, I'm a fan of the 165+ grain bullets in .30-06. I shoot a fair amount of Speer bullets, which I don't think get enough attention in here. They may not be the fanciest looking thing on the market with bright colored tips, but they shoot well for me and bring home meat. Their Grand Slam bullets really do perform well. My sister hunts elk with her 7mm-08 loaded with f 145 grain Grand Slams.

Also I'm interested in their Deep Curl bullets. Same technology as the Federal Fusion or Speer Gold Dot ammo, just as a reloading component. As opposed to a tradition cup and draw jacket they somehow fuse the jacket to the core at the molecular level in a bath. Gets rid of issues involving uniformity of jacket thickness, and they have great weight retention.

I've not shot anything with an SST, maybe some day I'll give them a whirl. Hornady makes a fine projectile.

Ok thanks everyone for the information. I did purchase some 180gr SST and 180gr Nosler Accubond bullets. The 150gr SST do shoot well in my rifle. May hunt with them but I figured i would at least try some of the 180s just to see how they do since ive never shot any.
thanks

what kind of groups is everyone shooting with their big bore big game rifles? this rifle is doing a little over an inch at 100yds. i know that is good enough to hunt and probably good for a light weight rifle but just curious what results others are getting.

Sounds like you already bought some bullets but I would feel it a crime if I didn't throw in my $0.02

My dad shot his first mature bull a few years ago using 165gr Hornady bullets. I couldn't get the damn range finder to work so we just guessed and I told him to aim a few inches above its back. They did the trick, he didn't go 5 feet from where he was when we first saw him. Once we got up there I got a range on the hill we were shooting from and it was just a hair over 500 yards!

I personally feel 165gr bullets would be an excellent choice. They are heavier than a 150gr bullet which leads to higher weight retention and penetration, but also shoot flatter than a 180gr bullet (and even some 150gr).

Well, take what you want out of that man. Again, just my 2 cents!

The last elk i shot at 280 yards put a 6.5 140 grn SST through a rib,through the vitals,and was a lump under the skin on the other side. It was perfectly mushroomed,and killed the elk quickly. Perfect performance, The SST is plenty tough.

I have shot deer and antelope with the SST,both 6.5 and .30. Not such good performance,zips right through,doesn't matter how much bone it passes through. I don't use them for smaller game anymore.

Maybe I'm looking at it the wrong way,but I like my elk to die on the spot instead of running off leaving a good blood trail after a bullet zipped through without mushrooming or dumping its energy.

I like accubonds. 165gr for my 308

thanks again

VERY GOOD CHOICE



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I have been using the 165gr SST in my '06 for several years now and like it a lot, MI whitetails don't handle it well
that being said for elk I am using the 180gr Hornady interbond, at 450 yds it shoots sub moa (furthest I have shot it) and the interbond is a very solid/well bonded bullet, with the same profile as the SST.

I would not use an SST on elk. They are a fine deer bullet. The difference between deer and elk is in the toughness of the hide, density of muscle tissue, and a much tougher set of bone. Not to mention that a quartering away shot might mean you'll need a lot more penetration to reach the goodies.

Mono-metal bullets. The answer is mono-metal bullets. Partitions, varying thickness jackets, bonded cores...all that shit is essentially obsolete when compared to the terminal performance afforded by mono-metal bullets.