Haven't hunted elk with one, but I did take a black bear near Aspen with my .44 mag shooting 320 gr hardcast bullets with gas checks. My chrono said 1320 fps. The bear weighed over 500 pounds and made the B&C record book. I shot him at 10 paces and two bullets went through him end to end. I practiced a lot out to 100 yards and wouldn't have hesitated to use that load on elk.
