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Lots of choices for the Mighty-08 and elk. The following data is safe in my rifles, start low and work up. They’re all stainless Tikkas, too.

My current load is 150 ELDX and 46.2 grains of Big Game with a Winchester Large Rifle Magnum primer at 2.183” or 2.156” measured from the ogive.



Different T3



My brother’s rifle shoots the 2.156” OAL



It does this to a 5x6 bull at 404 yards:



I don’t have any elk experience with the 120s, but the 140 Accubond or 140 Partition kill elk and I mean right now.
47.5 grains Big Game, WLRM, 2.805” for either bullet, base to tip.



140 NAB at 225 yards, tight behind the shoulder:








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