Originally Posted by cptnron4

Last year I hunted with a friend who bought a new inline 50 cal mostly because that's all the dealers had on their shelves. We had a hard time finding a decent bullet that met Colorado's bullet restrictions 2x cal and settled on the heaviest powerbelt hollow pt because the aerotip is too long. Two solid hits on a 5x5, first in the shoulder, 2nd in the lungs and we didn't recover the animal. That experience again convinced me the 54 cal is best elk option at least for Colorado or any other state that prohibits saboted bullets.