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Originally posted by Elkaholic
Evan,
I shot 2 elk this year with the nosler bt with a 300 win. mag. In montana, you can buy a 2nd A-9 tag and take 2 elk. My buddy was next to me with a range finder, the first elk was shot at 260 yards, broadside right through the lungs, the rest of the elk ran off to 390 yards and stopped.
The 2nd shot, the elk was facing me. Neither elk staggered more than 20 yards after being hit, i didn't recover a bullet from either, both exited. I was happy with the results, although i would be a little more uncomfortable shooting an elk at less than 50 yards at 300 velocity. Now keep in mind these were 400 pound cow elk and not 700 pound bulls either. I would question how well the bullet would stay together at close yardage with some velocity behind it. I would think you would have not problem at 30-06 velocity.
John
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john
as the old adage goes "the devil is in the details". performance of bt's specifically 150 and 165 are great as long as the shot is fairly long or you are not shooting over 2700fps. if you are shooting a high velocity round or are shooting super close with an '06 or 308 they are what is refered to as popcorn bullets. at least that is what i observed in my own experience and from game animals hunting partners have shot. the 150's at close range were the worst offenders. just my field notes. hornady interlocks, barnes, fail safes and partitions were much better bullets.
now if we are talking goats at 250 and beyond it's a good choice. i haven't shot a goat with an '06 or a 308, i use 6,5 caliber rounds and barnes x's. puts meat in the freezer.
just one mans opine.