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<blockquote data-quote="crkckr" data-source="post: 1697607" data-attributes="member: 78056"><p>It's been mentioned before but you just can't say it often enough: shot placement is job 1. But elk are very tough and very tenacious about trying to stay alive. Plus the longer the range the higher the chances of the animal moving at the last second. So bullet placement in the 'perfect' spot can suddenly become a complete miss or in the worst situation, a wounded animal. In which case you want a bullet to punch all the thru giving you a nice blood trail to follow. Which is why I will only hunt big game with, A. Nosler Partitions B. The biggest practical caliber (for me that's a .338 WM). Yes, there are rifles that simply refuse to shoot them, so personally speaking, I'll sell the rifle or rebarrel it. While I don't use them, I've not been successful one time using Accubond bullets, accuracy wise in 3 different calibers. They are tough bullets, as are the A-Frames. I've seen too many Cor-loct's fail to even consider using them on anything bigger than a 'yote. Yet people kill a lot of animals every year with them, so if it works, it's hard to convince folks to not use them. Until there's that long shot and the target moves a bit! No thanks, I'll stick with Partitions because they work.</p><p>Cheers, </p><p>crkckr</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="crkckr, post: 1697607, member: 78056"] It's been mentioned before but you just can't say it often enough: shot placement is job 1. But elk are very tough and very tenacious about trying to stay alive. Plus the longer the range the higher the chances of the animal moving at the last second. So bullet placement in the 'perfect' spot can suddenly become a complete miss or in the worst situation, a wounded animal. In which case you want a bullet to punch all the thru giving you a nice blood trail to follow. Which is why I will only hunt big game with, A. Nosler Partitions B. The biggest practical caliber (for me that's a .338 WM). Yes, there are rifles that simply refuse to shoot them, so personally speaking, I'll sell the rifle or rebarrel it. While I don't use them, I've not been successful one time using Accubond bullets, accuracy wise in 3 different calibers. They are tough bullets, as are the A-Frames. I've seen too many Cor-loct's fail to even consider using them on anything bigger than a 'yote. Yet people kill a lot of animals every year with them, so if it works, it's hard to convince folks to not use them. Until there's that long shot and the target moves a bit! No thanks, I'll stick with Partitions because they work. Cheers, crkckr [/QUOTE]
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