Back in the '70s the only rifle that I had for elk hunting was a .30-06. I used that rifle and 180 grain Sierra GameKing bullets to kill 6 bulls and a cow elk. Most were one shot kills. In 1978 I had that rifle re-chambered to .30 Gibbs which added a couple hundred fps to the muzzle velocity, so I switched to 180 grain Nosler Partition bullets. For the next 20 years, that combination kept my freezer full of elk and Montana Shiras moose meat. Again, most were one shot DRT kills.
The last two bull elk that I shot with my .300 Weatherby were with a Barnes 168 grain TSX bullet and a 168 grain TTSX bullet. My current elk and everything else bullet that I shoot from my .300 Wby is the Barnes 180 grain TTSX.
