We’re going with a guide out of Stevensville, MT. Hunt area is in unit 270.
Any reservations on shooting through shoulders with the 180 gameking?
Yes. That said, most bullets will work most of the time.
My preference would be any of several other bullets including Barnes TTSX or LRX, Nosler Partition or AccuBond, Swift A-Frame or Scirocco II or Federal's new Terminal Ascent or its predecessors. I'd even go back to a Speer Grand Slam bullet, which has dropped more elk for me than all other bullets combined.
My group has yet to recover a Barnes TTSX, LRX or Nosler AB from elk or deer. About 50% straight down DRT results with one cow going about 25 yards after being hit with a 225g AB from a .338WM at 400 yards. A 150g AB from a .30-06 went through a cow broadside and she was on the ground before I recovered from the recoil, about 280 yards.
