150 gr. will give you a flatter trajectory, and is plenty of weight.
150 gr. Nosler Partition IMR 4350 (3000 ft/sec)
Sight your gun in with a 300 yard zero (3.9 high at 100yds)
100 – +3.9
200 – +4.9
300 – 0.0
350 – (-4.7)
400 – (-11.2)
450 – (-19.7)
500 – (-30.4)
** Below aiming points for mature bull. **
Out to 350 put the cross hairs in the boiler room right behind the shoulder, in the center of the body, and you’ll have meat in the freezer.
400, put it on his spine, and let it drop into the boiler room.
450 – at a quarter of a mile (440 yds.) put it 6 inches above the back and let it drop into the boiler room.
500 – put the cross hairs half the body thickness above the back and let it drop in the boiler room.
Just take a good range finder.
I killed my first elk at 375 yds. with 140 Nosler Partition in the boiler room broadside.
Been killing them the last 20 years with 150 gr. Partitions, and all of my group shoot the same thing, 150 gr. Partitions in 7mm Rem Mags. We’re only 300 ft/sec. above the ‘06 at 3300 muzzle.
I just bought a Winchester pre-64 Featherweight in ‘06 and will be building a load for it with 150 gr Partitions for this year, and will probably hunt it with open sights using the above advice on shot placement, after checking it at the range. Going from a 10 lb. rifle to a 6 lb rifle will be nice.
Bullet Placement. Bullet Placement. Bullet Placement…and a good quality flat shooting bullet in the boiler room will put meat in the freezer.
Don’t rush the shot, he’ll eventually turn and move to a good angle for you. (Famous last words)
Last edited by ElkSlayer91; 07/03/17.
