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210vld vs 225eldm for bull elk
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<blockquote data-quote="Deputy819" data-source="post: 2188429" data-attributes="member: 98025"><p>Like [USER=109862]@Calvin45[/USER] said...."whichever shoots the best in your rifle or whichever you can get your hands on" these days.</p><p>I'd play with that RL26/210 vld combo a little more <strong>if you can. </strong>Before I made the switch to the 215's and H1000 in my .300 Win Mag I had really good luck with RL26 and the 210. My load was 73.1gr w/ a CBTO of 3.878 (.035 OTL) in ADG brass and Federal GM 215M's. Velocity averaged 3029 fps for 5 shots with a SD of 3 and ES of 8. Furthest I ever took the load to was 400 yards and had no trouble shooting 1/2 minute groups. Hammered a decent 9pt Whitetail with that load last year at 200 yards and I remember watching through the scope and seeing him literally get knocked sideways and his whole body 'rippled' when that vld hit him. He still managed to go @ 20 yards before making 'the final boarding process'. I would think that combo would serve you just as well for an elk. <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="👍" title="Thumbs up :thumbsup:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f44d.png" data-shortname=":thumbsup:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Deputy819, post: 2188429, member: 98025"] Like [USER=109862]@Calvin45[/USER] said....”whichever shoots the best in your rifle or whichever you can get your hands on” these days. I’d play with that RL26/210 vld combo a little more [B]if you can. [/B]Before I made the switch to the 215’s and H1000 in my .300 Win Mag I had really good luck with RL26 and the 210. My load was 73.1gr w/ a CBTO of 3.878 (.035 OTL) in ADG brass and Federal GM 215M’s. Velocity averaged 3029 fps for 5 shots with a SD of 3 and ES of 8. Furthest I ever took the load to was 400 yards and had no trouble shooting 1/2 minute groups. Hammered a decent 9pt Whitetail with that load last year at 200 yards and I remember watching through the scope and seeing him literally get knocked sideways and his whole body ‘rippled’ when that vld hit him. He still managed to go @ 20 yards before making ‘the final boarding process’. I would think that combo would serve you just as well for an elk. 👍 [/QUOTE]
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