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I’d also throw in bullets such as the 140 Trophy bonded tipped and the 140 E-Tip. And of course the guy below would tell you a 150 Ballistic Tip kills big bulls absolutely, positively, Dead. My 7-08 Kimber MT loves 140 Accubonds, but the 150 Partition would be my first choice, hands down. The 140 Accubond would be my second choice.
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[quote=lastround]You didn't list it, so maybe there is a reason, but I wouldn't hesitate to punch an elk with the 120 Gr. TTSX. Plenty accurate in my Montana and gives 3100 + fps. Will shoot through most Elk. I shoot 44.0 gr. of RL 15. My other load if your interested is 49.5 gr. of Big Game at 3165
My buddies son dropped big old rosie cow with one shot from the 120 TTSX it was around 160 that took one step and dropped like a ton of bricks i was impressed. So I would not hesitate with that caliber and bullet
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I'm sure an Elk's lung is quite big. Hit it squarely in the lung with any bullet and it's all over very quickly. While premium bullets are twice the price they don't perform twice as good.
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The last elk I killed was with a 150 Partition from my 7x57 giving a little over 2700 fps. Elk may have walked 50 yards after the shot.
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what kind of velocities are you getting from RL15 and those projectiles?
I've loaded 4320, 4895 and 4350 in my 7-08 using 150 gr Sierras (for deer, thus far). Those have chrony'ed around 2650-2750.
I'm thinking about changing powders to try and get better velocity. I have no complaints on accuracy with the present combination.
My Nosler book says other powders: RL19, Hunter, RL15 might gain me ~100fps or so.
I've got a year to fiddle with it.
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I like the TTSX then the partition, the Barnes allows you to break shoulders on the way in or out if you need to.
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what kind of velocities are you getting from RL15 and those projectiles?
I've loaded 4320, 4895 and 4350 in my 7-08 using 150 gr Sierras (for deer, thus far). Those have chrony'ed around 2650-2750.
I'm thinking about changing powders to try and get better velocity. I have no complaints on accuracy with the present combination.
My Nosler book says other powders: RL19, Hunter, RL15 might gain me ~100fps or so.
I've got a year to fiddle with it. Find some Big Game and use a magnum primer. I get 2875 with 140 Partitions, 2850 with 140 Accubonds, and 2800 with 150 ELDX. P
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what kind of velocities are you getting from RL15 and those projectiles?
I've loaded 4320, 4895 and 4350 in my 7-08 using 150 gr Sierras (for deer, thus far). Those have chrony'ed around 2650-2750.
I'm thinking about changing powders to try and get better velocity. I have no complaints on accuracy with the present combination.
My Nosler book says other powders: RL19, Hunter, RL15 might gain me ~100fps or so.
I've got a year to fiddle with it. Find some Big Game and use a magnum primer. I get 2875 with 140 Partitions, 2850 with 140 Accubonds, and 2800 with 150 ELDX. P thanks sir! I'll give it a "shot".  I ran across a can of R19 today at a LGS, so I'll try that too.
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Fun to have that many choices ,id flip a coin between that 140 Ttsx and that150 Partition, some bbls like liter bullets some prefer heavier , good luck on your hunt!
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