30-06 elk hunting bullet

My son and I have taken literally 100s of head of big game using Accubonds in several different calibers, and neither I nor he has experienced any kind of poor performance with them. He uses them in his 257 Bee, 300 RUM and 375 Ruger, I use them in my 257 Bob, 257 Bee, 7mm RUM, 300 Wby, 350 RM. I have hunted a lot with them and have full confidence in them after taking many, many animals of all sizes with them.
 
The more game I shoot with more and more different cartridges and kinds of bullets, the more I'm finding the details matter little, as long as you've got shot placement all locked up.

I'm sure your 180 gr Hornday BTSP will work just fine.

I shoot lots of Hornady bullets myself, and never wounded anything with one.
 
Of the ones you have listed, I don't think there is a bad choice. I personally prefer 180's, but I believe I have seen elk taken with all of your choices.
 
My 45 + years of hunting experience tells me that any cup and core type bullet in the 180 gr range will work just fine. I would choose the one that shoots the best groups in YOUR rifle. If you choose to go with a mono-metal bullet you could go with a 165 gr bullet. This is something many people do not understand. A mono metal bullet sheds very little if any of its weight so it will actually out penetrate a heavier cup and core bullet. Mono metals are all good, Barnes TSX or TTSX, Hornady GMX or Nosler E-tip. I am amused by those who claim they don't like a mono metal bullet because" they had one fail to open" How do you know it failed to open? If you did not recover the animal you are guessing what happened. If you recovered the animal and the bullet was not open as much as you would have liked, it did NOT fail, the animal was dead. I have used mono metals almost exclusively on game for the last 25 years and I have recovered exactly one of the TSX bullets. Normally they penetrate right through. All I get is dead animals. Good Luck on your elk hunt.
 
The 180gr Partition in a 30-06 is never the wrong answer. I know it isn't particularly exciting or ###y, but it is damn near the best all-around bullet you can get for the 30-06, which is damn near the best all around North American cartridge. Go buy a pound of IMR4350 and some CCI250s and you'll be off to the races.
 
Bullwinkle is bigger than any elk. Use the same ammo for elk you used for moose.
A 165 will kill any game you care to hunt. Suggesting a 165 won't kill an elk is nonsense. Think in terms of the .270 and its 130 and 140 grain bullets that have killed elk and everything else for eons. Bang. Thud.
 
I've used 150TSX to take a couple elk. Worked very well. They died.

Have around 40-50 150s left and then I'll switch to 168TSX as I've got large stash of them.
 
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