Elk downed with non jackets bullets

[wywindsor]

So what did you use to harvest your elk. And what yardage?

[cwtebay]

So what did you use to harvest your elk. And what yardage?Depends on the elk I guess, one was killed with a 215gr Hornady out of a 300 PRC at 515yds thorough the neck. The other was from a 200gr cast with a 401 Winchester at 85yds through the neck as well. Both were already wounded, neither moved more than 3 feet straight down to the ground.274430274431

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[Iwsbull]

Sweet, sounds like if you keep working on it you might get a load dialed in one day. Lol

[fastdadio]

Sweet, sounds like if you keep working on it you might get a load dialed in one day. Lol

I see what you did there....
What's a 300 PRC? I'm new at this.

[white eagle]

PRC /precision rifle cartridge
if I am not mistaken
I think it is based off the 375 Ruger
a magnum's,magnum

[waksupi]

The ones I've killed with cast have been under 50 yards.

[cwtebay]

White Eagle has it right.
It's basically a 300 Win Mag that enables one to accommodate higher bullet weight for caliber due to design. My family got me a Christiansen Arms Ridgeline chambered in it for me for Christmas 2 years ago, it's extremely light weight (after I had mentioned that I wish I had a dollar for every mile I've packed around a piece of steel and walnut......) it's very fun and I am learning to enjoy it for elk hunting. But I guess I still was packing a 1910 Winchester at some point also, so I must not be all the way sold yet.

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[fastdadio]

PRC /precision rifle cartridge
if I am not mistaken
I think it is based off the 375 Ruger
a magnum's,magnum

Thanks, now I'm off to the interwebz to look it up.

[fastdadio]

The ones I've killed with cast have been under 50 yards.

This is the world I live in also, and most of those cast kills were with my front stuffer.

[obssd1958]

It's been a few years, but:

Traditions .54 cal Hawken, 440gr pure lead home cast conical, 110gr 777, standard iron sights, 165 yards.
Cow elk - disconnected all the plumbing to the heart and kept going out the other side.
Ran 10 ft, dropped and slid back to where she started.

I had practiced out to 180 yards with that rifle and load, so I was pretty confident in the shot.

[white eagle]

I have had the itch and very strong to shoot my 54 again
I tried the inline stuff this year and was not happy
but that was my fault
sorry for the hijack

[gishooter]

TC Hawken in .54 also. The Maxiball conicals. All inside of 50 yards.

[cwtebay]

I guess the question wasn't just this year.
I have killed elk with (cast bullets in all): 405 WCF with a 300gr, 35 WCF 250gr, 30-30 165gr, 45-90 300gr, 50-70 425gr, 44 Mag 220gr, and my personal favourite- a Colt 1860 revolver, shot a young bull at 12 yards with a patched round ball. Shot him three times before he stayed down for good, he travelled a total of about 100 yards.

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[jonp]

I guess the question wasn't just this year.
I have killed elk with (cast bullets in all): 405 WCF with a 300gr, 35 WCF 250gr, 30-30 165gr, 45-90 300gr, 50-70 425gr, 44 Mag 220gr, and my personal favourite- a Colt 1860 revolver, shot a young bull at 12 yards with a patched round ball. Shot him three times before he stayed down for good, he travelled a total of about 100 yards.

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The rifle is light for that caliber. How is the recoil with the muzzle brake?

[cwtebay]

The rifle is light for that caliber. How is the recoil with the muzzle brake?It's actually very nice ro shoot. I'm fairly convinced that stock profile has quite a bit to do with felt recoil. My 12 year old shoots it quite comfortably, and my assistant ended up asking for the same rifle for Christmas (this is her, I made her work the day after Thanksgiving - and found her this deer - she killed him at 425yds with the same rifle)https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20210107/05087d36d980340966daea8c59711cfc.jpg

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