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Hornady 168 gr ELD-M from 308 Win
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<blockquote data-quote="Wandering Wayne" data-source="post: 1680902" data-attributes="member: 110769"><p>I used to shoot a 30-30 with Winchester Silver Tips. When I got out of the army I bought a 308 and kept using the Silvertips. I killed a deer that year and blood shot a lot of meat.</p><p></p><p>Then I shot an elk in the lung area at about 100 yards in the brush and lost it. No blood trail that I could follow.</p><p></p><p>The next year I shot my deer in the head, then another elk in the lungs. The elk stood there until I got more into the clear and took a rest and shot it in the neck to put it down.</p><p></p><p>The entry wound was small and no exit wound. If it had ran off I would probably have lost that one too.</p><p></p><p>I started reading and got into reloading. I shot a tough, almost non expanding 138 grain Hornady for deer at about 2900 fps. It worked well on deer and didn't ruin any meat.</p><p></p><p>I used a 180 grain Nossler Partition for elk at about 2700 fps. It was deadly. Large entry and exit holes, lots of blood, mostly quick kills. I killed 12 elk with that load and it was great.</p><p></p><p>The two loads shot in the same place. Groups were about 2".</p><p></p><p>The barrel ended up with a rough bore. Maybe from the ash from Mt. St. Helens. The groups went to about 8". I had it re-barreled and made stocks for it out of curly maple. It never shot a good group and I traded it.</p><p></p><p>It was a 760 Remington Pump and I wish I had it back.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Wandering Wayne, post: 1680902, member: 110769"] I used to shoot a 30-30 with Winchester Silver Tips. When I got out of the army I bought a 308 and kept using the Silvertips. I killed a deer that year and blood shot a lot of meat. Then I shot an elk in the lung area at about 100 yards in the brush and lost it. No blood trail that I could follow. The next year I shot my deer in the head, then another elk in the lungs. The elk stood there until I got more into the clear and took a rest and shot it in the neck to put it down. The entry wound was small and no exit wound. If it had ran off I would probably have lost that one too. I started reading and got into reloading. I shot a tough, almost non expanding 138 grain Hornady for deer at about 2900 fps. It worked well on deer and didn't ruin any meat. I used a 180 grain Nossler Partition for elk at about 2700 fps. It was deadly. Large entry and exit holes, lots of blood, mostly quick kills. I killed 12 elk with that load and it was great. The two loads shot in the same place. Groups were about 2". The barrel ended up with a rough bore. Maybe from the ash from Mt. St. Helens. The groups went to about 8". I had it re-barreled and made stocks for it out of curly maple. It never shot a good group and I traded it. It was a 760 Remington Pump and I wish I had it back. [/QUOTE]
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