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When I first started reloading for my 7x57 I had 150, BTs & PTs. The PTs shot well the BTs didn't. I have used PTs exclusively since. I use this for 90% of my hunting. They are the perfect bullet for what I shoot whitetail, exotic deer, including red binds, and hogs, to over 200lbs. I'll definitely use it if I get to go elk cow hunting this year. Captdavid

I've killed several elk with the NBT 150's including an old 800lb monster on the run at 200 yards and used to laugh at the idea they would blow up on a shoulder or rib until it happened to me. I'd use them on deer or antelope but would never shoot one at an elk again. At 7x57 velocities it might be less likely to happen but I wouldn't trust one. Supposedly this was a problem with older lots but I'm not sure that isn't a manufacturing defect that gets through now and then.......just don't want to lose an elk that should be dead within a few yards because of a bullet failure.

Happened to me on a trophy Axis hunt. 300 Wby, 180 NBT blew up on the rib cage with no apparent penetration @ 200 yards.

In full confidence this has been addressed by Nosler, I plan to run the 150 NBT's in my 280's exclusively. If it happens again, never again.

I think you'll be pleasantly surprised with the .284 150 BT's. Dober, and MD to and extent, talked me into trying them again after my complaints against the original model in which I hated.

I've taken a big mule deer buck and about 15 aoudad with the 150 and it is a killing machine.

I don't doubt the 7mm 150 NBT; in fact I killed a couple deer with it from a 7-08.

But for elk... why choose it over the 160 NAB?

Jeff my reasoning is in my one mashburn the 150 shot better than the 160 grain accubond and I had a ton of them. Made for cheap practice and Dober had me 100% confident in them

DLALLDER: Daniel I have killed several Elk with the wonderful Nosler 160 grain Partition bullets from my 7m/m Remington Magnum.
I suggest you expand YOUR choices to include this superb bullet.
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VarmintGuy

Varmitguy, look back several posts and you will see why I limited it to the two. Btw we were in your neck of the woods last October/November elk hunting. Shot a small 8 pt at. We were near Plains.

Not a dissenting opinion, I have seen PT's do some funny things that you wouldn't have thunk they would. Still resulted in a dead animal.

I reckon many animals were taken before the BT or PT ever came along. Neither are the final say of hunting bullets. But, they do what they're supposed to do with reliable results.

I don't see how you could go wrong with either one.

I've got a Savage Mdl. 14 American Classic in 7mm-08 with a 22" barrel.

For my whitetail load I've been loading 42.5 grs. of Varget under a Sierra #1900 120 gr. Pro Hunter with a WLR primer and the load has proven to be both very accurate and deadly on deer.

I have several hundred 7mm 140 gr. Remington PSPCL bulk bullets that I've been planning on working up a load with to possibly use on elk.

Anyone have any experience, good or bad, with the 140 gr. PSPCL in 7mm-08 or even the 7 x 57 on game larger than deer ?

140 accubond or partition

The second-best 3-shot group I've ever fired was with a 7mm RM and 160g North Fork SS bullets. Group measured a max of .262" center-to-center, .022" smaller than the bullet diameter.

On-game performance (elk and mule deer) has been awesome. in my 7mm RM I use the standard 160g SS and the 140g HP variety (a test design Mike Brady of North Fork never put into production but was kind enough to send me a lot of). Also use the 165g on .30-06 and 180g in .300WM. Easily my favorite bullets, although I use a lot of TTSX and AccuBond as well.