For Elk Hunting

[miestro_jerry]

I have a general variety of modern rifles and hunting pistols, but I was think about Elk hunting with either my T/C Grey Hawk in 50 cal or CVA Wolf 209 Magnum also in 50 cal..

Any advise of how heavy a bullet and about what load to use for these larger animals?

I can go either powder or pellets and minnie ball or Sabot around a cast slug.

Thanks in advance,

Jerry

[TCLouis]

hunt.

Some are more restrictive that others.

[MT Gianni]

Round Balls have killed plenty of them. Gianni

[charger 1]

As I found out the hard way knockin one doen at 240 yds with an LBT 458 340 grain that left the muzzle only doin a tad over 1900fps, their a thin skinned animal. Theres been controversy on that elk kill, but one thing is 101% certain, the little slug went clear through . From where I stand thats all ya need. I hear and see from a little study is that the sticky with elk is anything facing you. Thats where their bones have deflected some big stuff

[waksupi]

Around here, everyone shooting muzzleloaders use patched round ball for elk. I don't know if any one uses sabots at all. I do know, they are not common in the local sporting goods stores.

[charger 1]

Around here, everyone shooting muzzleloaders use patched round ball for elk. I don't know if any one uses sabots at all. I do know, they are not common in the local sporting goods stores.


Man oh man, hows the housing prices round you? I'm serious too

[Larry Gibson]

If your rifles have the twist for it the TC or Lyman MaxiBall or the Lee 320 gr REAL might be worth looking at. Both shoot relly nice in my .50 cal with a 1-28 twist barrel. Mine is a TC Black Mountain Magnum and I push both bullets at 1500 fps with FFFG 777. Both are deadly on elk. Have killed an elk (spike) with a .45 cal RB and it also worked fine. With the faster 28" twist RBs are limited to a max 1800 fps to hold accuracy to 100 yards. Slower twists do a lot better with RBs.

Larry Gibson