ORIGINAL: krjens
I drew an elk tag for this fall and was curious about what loads you consider best. I've used 250 gr Shockwaves with 100 gr Pyrodex in my Omega for Mule Deer. I've had great luck shooting good groups with it. I have a buddy that says I should shoot at least 300 gr and bump up the amount of powder for elk. What opinion do you guys have?
For long range ML Elk hunting the following bullets are all good or excellent:
TheBarnes TMZ 290 is an excellent bullet.
The Parker BallisticExtreme 275g is an excellent bullet.
The 300g bonded TC SW is excellent as is the Hornady SST.
Also the Harvester 300g Scropion PT Gold isgood.
The Knight Ultimate Slam 285g is an excellent bullet (made by Barnes)
Those are the bullets Ihave been testing inaSavage Smokeless Powder ML, but they should workin anOmega with 90 to 110g of 777.The 300g give deeper penetraton, the aero tip onthese bullets give the extra distance--I figure 200 yards for elk--max. The bullets are bonded or jacketed so they hold together and allow for deep penetraton.
You will have to play with different sabots, I use crushed rib sabots in my Omega and they work well ---2.5 to 3" groups a 100 yards with Nosler Partitions and easy to load.So buy a bag of MMP-12, MMP-24 and MMP3petal Ez load, also the crushed rib.You should be able to find a load from these bullets. I can send you three of each type of bullet if you would like totest them in your Omega, cost would be $1/bullet you pay the shipping also. PMme if you would like to do that. Best wishes fortrying to get yourelk load. Chap Gleason