I've been shooting a 180 grain Nosler Accubond at the range with my 30.06. I don't really know much about the performance on an elk with these bullets, or any other game for that matter. All I know is they shoot great out of my gun. I've had a few 3 shot groups at 300 yards under 2" off my shooting sticks. It seems the nosler partition gets talked about a lot more than the accubond, I'm sure because it's been around longer. I can only get about a 4" group with the partitions at 300 yards. I know shot placement is the most important thing in harvesting an animal, but I was just wondering about that polymer tip upon impact. I'm going to try a few different loads with the partition this weekend. I've been shooting federal factory ammo so far, but I'm going to try some handloads. Thanks for any info.