ORIGINAL: npaden
Well, I've done some of my own research on ballistics and energy and thought I had settled on the perfect bullet for my 7mm Rem Mag for elk hunting this fall. 160gr Accubonds by Nosler.
I was reading this months issue of the AmericanHunter and they had several articles on elk including one on bullet choice and they recommended the Nosler Partition over the Accubond. The Accubond retains energy much better than the Partition on the charts I've looked at and I thought that would be important for elk.
Anyone else feel that the Accubond is a poor bullet choice for elk? I can always use the Accubonds for deer hunting if I need to switch.
Thanks, Nathan
Save yourself, NOW! Step
AWAY from the Internet!
I, too, have driven myself loco at times, trying to pick the "best" bullet for what I was going to hunt. I could never find 100% consensus, so my search never truly ended. Somehow, I managed to easily kill a 6x5 bull using a bullet that some thought wouldn't work well enough. I'm so glad the critter didn't laugh spitefully at me before ambling off into the alders.
Maybe you have greater mental toughness than myself, and can quickly decide what's "good enough". This will let you move on with your life. For me, that point came far too late.
It seems that those with more experience than I'll ever know, have usually advocated finding a somewhat heavy-for-caliber, and reasonably robust, bullet that your rifle likes to shoot. I would add that you should thenceforth ignore all of us, & go kill lots of game!
FC