58.5 of H4831 sparked by a cci 250 topped with 150 gr B-tip makes 3/4" and less groups for me 'probably better when I do my part'.
Chrono'd the load starting at 2790 with a clean barrel. At the end of the ten shot trial velocity was still climbing @ 2850 and group size a tight 3/4".
First animal I killed with this load was a 300 lb dressed, skinned hanging carcass weight bull elk. First shot exited w/ a broadside mid-lung hit with a 1-1/2 inch exit hole from 80-ish yards. Second shot a B-tip angled in from rear of rib cage to BREAK the off shoulder and lodge under the hide with the core out of the jacket. He tipped over very shortly after. Second shot was not needed but elk started to head for a STEEP ravine and not good terrain.
I was a devout partition shooter for elk, but with different reports and smoke curling up from credible individuals and others about today's mid-caliber B-tips being used more and more on large game plus deer I had to see for myself.
Last edited by boomwack; 10/18/15.
