cayugad

I am sure at close range that would do the job. Round balls have done the job. I looked in the CVA book and it said that a 300 grain CVA Buckslayer bullet with 90 grains of powder has 984 FP's of energy at 100 yards which some say is more then enough to take an elk. I am not sure what grain a ballet is. I would guess somewhere in the 240 range to 300 grain range. So out to 65 yards you should be fine.

I have shot deer with ballet out of a .54 caliber and 80 grains of Pyrodex and it knocked them flat. I then changed over to a conical bullet of 300 grains only because I cast my own.

I have never hunted elk with a muzzleloader although I am going to in the near future. The thing with elk is you want to get good penatration. They are a tuff animal to put down. Shot placement is key, and a projectile that can penatrate into the vitals would be what I would go after, so I would stay away from a hollow point. I would worry that the hollow point might open too soon and expand all it's energy without doing serious enough damage. So all in all with that kind of charge, and the fact you can place your shot well, I think your set. All you need now is to get out there and get one...... Good luck