Haven't killed an elk YET, But i'm shooting 180 Gr Accubonds with a 78.0 Gr charge of RL22 in Norma cases, Fired with a CCI 250 primerright around 3100 and some change out of my .300 WBY. I know it's not the fastest load, but shoots about 5/8" with a rifle out of the box. Hopefully i get the chance to "initiate" this bullet on my Montana trip in a little over a week! I Know the mulies aren't going to like it!