Bullet weight for Elk

[meatwhack]

The 290gr Barnes tmz in my opinion and experience is the best performing and most accurate muzzleloader bullet on the market.

[Slowdraw]

I shoot 295 power belts shoot straight as an arrow, I've shot deer drop them in there tracks, elk goes 50-75 ft if that up to 150 yards both game, my ML is TRADITION VORTEK, 28inch barrel ported on top, this is my 4th ML love this one best.

[kerrdog]

I had no idea that Barnes had full bore bullets under the Thor name.  That's good to know in case Washington goes along with Oregon and Idaho with the full bore rule?  I also wonder how the Thor would do in my 1/48 twist T/C NW Explorer.  Soon I'm going to revisit that rifle (once I have my new Disk Extreme dialed-in.) so my boy can shoot it.  It's light, short, and ambidextrous (he's a lefty) and his Mama don't want no lead bullets being used.

[Sabotloader]

I had no idea that Barnes had full bore bullets under the Thor name.  That's good to know in case Washington goes along with Oregon and Idaho with the full bore rule?

I was jjust in Sportsman's here in Kennewick and picked up to boxes of Barnes .500x325 grain XPB's to shoot sabotless in my DISC rifles.  They are just a little bit small but knurling them between to files takes care of that.

Here is a picture of a knurled .500-275 XPB



Last wee k I was shooting the .500x275's from one of my MK-85's

  I also wonder how the Thor would do in my 1/48 twist T/C NW Explorer.  Soon I'm going to revisit that rifle (once I have my new Disk Extreme dialed-in.) so my boy can shoot it.  It's light, short, and ambidextrous (he's a lefty) and his Mama don't want no lead bullets being used.

Since it is a 1-48 twist you might look at some Speer .500x300 grain Deep Curls.  That short bullet should stabilize very well in a 1-48... but since you can still shoot sabots the .452x250 Speers should work very well for your young shooter...

[MountainDevil54]

I had no idea that Barnes had full bore bullets under the Thor name.  That's good to know in case Washington goes along with Oregon and Idaho with the full bore rule?  I also wonder how the Thor would do in my 1/48 twist T/C NW Explorer.  Soon I'm going to revisit that rifle (once I have my new Disk Extreme dialed-in.) so my boy can shoot it.  It's light, short, and ambidextrous (he's a lefty) and his Mama don't want no lead bullets being used.

They do great in our cabelas hawken. The 250 version with either 90gr 3f goex or 110gr pyrodex rs is the ticket in this gun. 90gr 3f goex at 100 yards with 250gr Colorado Thor.