RE: elk bullet
If you're a reloader, I'd try and get a load for the Nosler Partitions. As far as the Core-loks go, Remington has been loading them for decades and alot of game is taken with them every year. I have a good friend who carries them for elk every year and has been very successful with them. He's never had a problem and has taken many elk, so they do work. Just my $.02