ORIGINAL: bdeather
cayugad I was shootin 70grns of triple seven 2f, does this sound about right? Will this have the energy to put down these elk here in Utah? Sabotloader my favorite bullet with the plastic is the hornandy XTP mags452 300 grainer with the knight high pressure sabots and the harvester sabots along with the speer gold dots 300 grain also the 452 do you guys think these will group good and also how muchpowder should I start out with these two bullets?
I have no experience with large conicals and elk. I've shot a lot of deer with conicals and 80 grains of powder and dropped them where they stood. If I were hunting elk I would try and push them as hard as I could and still keep the accuracy (without hurting myself of course). Although the energy these big conicals hold is amazing to say the least.
With the sabot loads I would start them around 100 grains of powder and work from there. I was shooting my sabots with 100 grains of Triple Se7en except for the 405 grains. I shot the 300 grain Hornady XTP's with 100 grains of T-7 and they did real well. I never tried any of the Speer bullets the other day.