ORIGINAL: Redclub
I have and do hunt CO. during the ML season and I have hunted the flattops for many years.
The Omega will shoot 348 powerbelts just fine and will kill elk but they are not a white which imo is a really great conical shooter. Put in a 460 grain conical over a 1oo grains of T7 and you will take any elk out there.
I believe the powerbelt will take elk very effectively with a good hit. I would be concerned with a shoulder shot tho,not the greatest penetration.
The 460 conical will put them down any place a centerfire rifle will
I seen the results first hand on both and these are my opinions.
THe Omega is a fine rifle for a beginner.
Redclub
Agree on PB for Shoulder hits on Elk, big bucks, really any big game. We discuss this PB Fragmentation at length in another thread (and I don't want to open it up again, just to inform the people who are not following every day)here:
http://www.huntingnet.com/forum/tm.aspx?m=1886707&mpage=1&key=&#188670 7
If you want to know what Toby Bridges feels about them, see this:
http://www.hpmuzzleloading.com/feedback.html
and Randy Wakeman:
http://www.chuckhawks.com/powerbelt_bullets.htm
There are a lot better bullets that penetrate.
Chap Gleason Va