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True. I also think that at reasonable ranges, a good 130-ish bullet will do just fine, too, and fit very well into the casing.

I really have a hard time wanting to use target bullets for hunting big animals. It just don't fit! Just my opinion, though.

I'd also take a look at Norma Oryx, which are heavy for caliber at 156 grains. It is the most accurate hunting bullet for my 7mm-08 out to 300 yards which is my personal limit for large game.

We had a lively discussion over the Creed being used on elk on the trip out. Fwiw, we concluded that other mid range calibers do the job very well out to our personal limit of about 400 yards. Because of that, the redundancy is not needed and neither is the Creed.

Partition would be perfect, used many in 264 win mags, kill cshit out of everything I shot with them, Creedmoor on the light side for elk in my opinion.

I smoked my cow elk at 725 yards last year (2015) with the 127 LRX. Love that bullet. I'm shooting it from a 260, but same same.

I've been mulling over the same question as the OP. I just ordered a 6.5 CM Montana and in addition to Muleys and Antelope, figured it might work pretty well cow elk if I drew another view tag next year. I've grown to really like the 140 AB in my .270, seems like the perfect all around bullet for the chambering. When considering the Creed, with elk in mind the 140 AB seems like a good option, but I kind of wonder whether the 130 AB might provide enough penetration and give a little better velocity/trajectory.

I think I'd be less confident using the CM if I draw a bull tag this year, on the other hand, I've got a friend at work that has killed a pile of elk over the last 40 years with 165gr factory Interlocks out of a .308.

For me this is NOT about shooting far, it is about using what is best. I confess to killing my only elk with a Core-Lokt but with reservations. Sounds like, from the responses, the Partition is the standard by which elk bullets are judged. Logical choice for me.