I am going Elk hunting this fall I am going to shoot a Win. 300 mag.I want a factor load,most likly a 180 grain bullet. Who makes the hottest load? Maybe you expert Elk hunters can help.

I shoot a 30/06 & use a 180 grain bullet also. I too like factory ammo & have good luck with Remington "Core-lokt". I know alot of other hunters swear by the Nolser partition but I've had good luck with the plain jane "Core-lokt". I would find the load that your gun shoots the best & use it. If it's Remington, Winchester or Federal. The honest truth is any one will kill an elk, you have to do your part & place the shot in the right spot.

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Federal 180 Trophy Bonded Bear Claw HE 3100 f/s, 3840 ft/lb. Good luck.

Lately I have been having very good success with Winchester factory premium ammo...shoots real well. I would try their 180 Partition Gold load and that should work real well. i have also had failsafes group extremely well another consideration.

If we are talking factory loads Fail safes and Trophy Bonded Bear Claws are excellent bullets and will work great but my experience has been that the Nosler partitions from Federal fly just a little better, but then again every rifles different. I know a guy who swears by the core-lokts, don't think you'll go wrong with any of them.

One thing to keep in mind with the 300 mag Federal Partition loads. They are loaded with Protected Point Partition bullets, not standard Partitions. The Protected Point load does not retain the flat bullet flight path, energy or velocity that a standard Partition bullet does. I have found accuracy to be extremely bad with the PP's, almost as bad as TBBC. The standard Partition is my favorite but you will not find any ammo manufacturer that uses it because of the length of the 300 case. I have no first hand knowledge but have heard many good things about Remington's Safari Grade A Frame loads. Good luck !

With the various .300 mags I really like the Barnes-X 180 or 200 gr bullets. But what ever you decide to shoot out of your .300 just make sure it's a stout bullet stay away from the ballistic tips they tend to do nasty nonpenetraiting things at high velocity.

i shoot a 300 mag with trophy bonded bear claws 200 grain shot elk at 15, 35 and 75 yards all the bullets were just under the skin on the opposite side.perfect mushroom and total payload deliverd can't ask for more than that.

you can use your pepper spray my 12 gauge with 3 inch slugs works fine

Surestrike-Out of curiosity have you ever shot an elk with a ballistic tip?Have you ever personally witnessed it?Or are you just speading heresay with no experience to back it up?I personally have taken two bull elk and two bull moose with 180gr ballistic tips out of my 300 ultramag.They did not blow up,they did penetrate and produced four of the quickest one shot kills I have ever seen on elk or moose.Three bullets exited and the fourth stopped against the hide after passing through the chest and offside shoulder of the bull.I would not recommend you take texas heart shots with them but if lung shots are used they do a fine job.