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Would like to hear your thoughts on which and why? Definately staying with the 140 gr. Should be moving at around 3100 fps. And shots let's say from 25-500 yds.


Thanks Roy

Partition.

Partition.The only one I have ever used.

A friend use serria with great Resluts an the 140 gr

120 TSX



140 Partitions

Both versions were fired at the lesser speeds of the Swede, neither, however, were taken from elk. Barnes was from a Beluga whale skull, the Noslers from a moose.

140 Partitions

used a 120 barnes ttsx at a shade under 300 yards out of a speed. through and through both shoulders on a larger cow elk

I Shot One Couple of Years Ago With The 120 Barnes TSSX Out Of My 6.5-284. Shot Was Around

80 Yard . Bullet Entred In The Neck And Wound up Lodged In The Of Side Ham. Worked Well For Me..

127 LRX, especially if you're starting them at 3200+. Not an elk alive that can withstand that!

YEP. Either that one or the 120 TTSX. You don't need 140gr of bullet in 6.5 when using a bullet that typically does not shed the weight upon entry that most other bullets, including a partition, shed.

I even load Barnes 120's for most of the 7mm rifles I load for.

Posters over in the elk forum seem to love the VLD...

When I had my 6.5-06 the I found the 140gr Nosler Partition was just about a perfect hunting bullet at those velocities. I also killed several animals with the 140gr BT and 140gr Gameking but ALWAYS came back to the Partition.

Those 140 Partitions I pictured above were plucked off from the hide of a bull moose while skinning. They had struck the onside leg area in the muscles, punched holes through the lungs, and continued on through the offside leg muscles without hitting leg bones on either side. Two more 140s, A-FRames, did the same but stopped inside the muscles of the offside leg. Ironically, the big "tipover shot" came about because of a 180 grain Core-lokt, side-to-side through nothing but ribs and lungs, from a 30-06.

I got 140 bergers, partitions and Hornady Sst's as well as 230 Scirocco's. No Barnes yet. Gun was built around the Bergers and shoots then into .3's. Not worried about their performance on longer range shots just concerned about rounding a corner and a bull be 25 yds away. Not sure how it will hold up!


Roy

I have not (yet) shot a big animal, moose or elk with my customized P-64 Westerner, which runs 140 NPs at 3250 into .5ish anytime I can shoot straight. I may be going to NE BC next month for moose and given some of the longish shots available there, may well take it and either one of my .338WM or 9.3x62 rifles for this trip.

The elk, etc. that I have seen shot with this round, long ago, when it was fairly popular among many older, serious hunters/rifle nuts here, were killed with WW factory ammo and 140 NP handloads.

I have a lot of the latter, 140NP over IMR-7828 and will take this as my choice if I do choose this rifle for this hunt. I usually just take a pair of CRF .338WM. rifles on any northern BC trip and they have always made a good setup.

I would NOT use a "soft" or "C&C" bullet in this situation.

140 gr. Partition, worked in a 6.5x54M-S, a 256 Newton, and a Swede. Never saw a need for anything else!
Cheers

I have used 140 Partitions, 120 TTSX and 130 Accubond. The Partitions killed noticeably faster than the TTSX, but I'm presently using 130 Accubonds. Lost one elk with an Accubond despite a nice exit wound. All in a 264 win mag

How far did you track the Elk that was lost? So the elk turned after the shot to show the exit? Helluva a tough animal.

I haven't taken an elk with one yet, but I'll be carrying a 256 Newton with 140gr Partitions this year. I can't see how a person would need more than that.

This is quite interesting and NO snide, offensive bullsh!t intended here, at all, but, would you mind giving a more thorough, detailed commentary on exactly what happened here?

I was born, raised and went to work, in resource management, in elk country, here in BC and I KNOW just how TOUGH these big beasts can be, which is why I almost always use one of my .338WM-250 NP combos for our mandatory "6-pt.rule" hunting them, but, I am really curious as to the whole .264WM and Accubond issue.

One of my regular hunting buddies, has shot a couple of moose and cow elk with his .338RUM and Accubonds, seems quite happy with them.