Wingbone

I guess I would like to second the use of Dan's 460Nex conical. I shoot it with 90 grains of T7-3f, with the shot card, that Indismokepole told you about. For a bullet that is as heavy as it is - it is a great shooter and will handle your elk just fine. That load gives you about 1500 fps and about 2300 fpe @ the muzzle. It is a very accurate bullet. I do not have the same rifle you are talking about but I do have essentially the same barrel a GM-LRH-SS with open sights. The only thing I changed from the factory installed sight is I removed the rear Williams ramp sight and installed a TC adjustable rear sight. The TC gives you much better adjustment (increment adjustments) versus a sliding adjustment.

With this set up it is very easy and the bullet is so accurate to pick clay pigeons from 50 yards to 125 yards... One shot one pigeon.

Dan can size the bullet to your barrel so that it is pretty much a slip fit bullet - no short started necessary. Just push the shot card into the barrel set the bullet in and push itdown with your thumb then the ram-rod. No worry about the bullet coming of the powder.

IndiSP says that he is using a .504 Nex but I found them to be just a bit tight in my barrel especially in cold weather and with a slightly fouled barrel. I am using .503's and they seem to be really the bullet I need for all temps and conditions.

The size of that bullet will have a dramatic effect on any elk if bullet placement is close to the vitals.... It is also large enough that you do not have to worry about the pure lead bullet blowing up on impact + plus it's ballistics are not as bad as you might think with a 460 grain bullet.

I shot a whitetail this year with one @ 97 yards and as you would suspect - pass through - not sure when it might have slowed down...

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Dan and tina are great people to work with to by-the-way...

I will add this ballistic sheet just a point of information