While not all bullets will perform the same, I used Privi Partisan 180gr to kill my 1st elk. This one:
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Went diagnally thru the elk and was just under the skin near the hind quarter from 300yds. That Federal isn't any varmint load. I'd just use it. Especially since you have confidence in it's accuracy.

Incidentally, I only switched to the 180 Nosler E tip because I was using my 300win mag this year on a bison hunt that was going on at the same time as elk season. I was hunting on some federal land that "prefers" that you use non lead ammo.

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