Mike027
Well-Known Member
Hi gang I am looking for a recommendation on a 180 grain bullet (or larger) for my next elk trip to Idaho. I managed a 5x5 there a couple of years ago and used Speer Sptizer SP 165 grain bullets at 2,848 muzzle velocity. I hit that bull 3 times at 327 yards and I recovered all 3 bullets. I have attached a pic for reference. Weight retention looks good but they did not seem to mushroom all that much. That may be because all 3 shots were a bit back just behind the ribs. It just stood there so I kept on shooting.
I may have to use the 30.06 again this go around and I am strongly considering moving up to a larger bullet to get a little more oomph. I was thinking the 180 grain Speer Deepcurl might be ok.
We hunt semi open country where the shots can be long but Im looking at limiting my shots to about 400 yards max.
If anyone has a recommendation on a bullet please let me know. Thanks. Mike
I may have to use the 30.06 again this go around and I am strongly considering moving up to a larger bullet to get a little more oomph. I was thinking the 180 grain Speer Deepcurl might be ok.
We hunt semi open country where the shots can be long but Im looking at limiting my shots to about 400 yards max.
If anyone has a recommendation on a bullet please let me know. Thanks. Mike