oh man i love the elkhorn! With triple7, some people get lucky while others dont. CVA advises you to swab between each shot when using triple7 or else you experience Mr. crud ring. I havnt shot powerbelts yet, just BS conicals and hornady great plains bullet with triple7 and never got one stuck. And im talking 14- 16 shots before i will swab. Other than this crud ring, how is that elkhorn shooting? I'd really love to pick up one of those rifles. I'd buy some of those great plains bullets to try out in your rifle and see how they shoot.