Bullet for elk hunt 280

[a j cave]

What bullet would you rely upon to kill an Elk. I have used many of the older bullets; Speer, Sierra, Hornady, and partitions. Some of the new solid copper sounds good. Thanks for ideas from those that have used them on elk

 

[dgradinaru]

I would use 175gr Partitions or 175Gr SP Hornady interlocks at about 2700fts. Excellent big game bullets. That's what I will plan to shoot out of a 7x64 which is essentially the same thing except that is the European version and quite abit older (1917-to present).

 

[Lefty Dick]

150 Partition's

 

[todbartell]

thumped my bull last fall with a 284" 145gr Barnes LRX. Awesome performance DRT

 

[Boomer]

To my way thinking, 160 gr bullets go hand in hand with 7mm rifles in the .280/Remington/Ackley/Brenneke class. That said, you can't look at a 7/150 gr Scirocco and not want to shoot it, but in 160 gr offerings, the Partition would be near the top of the heap.

 

[longbranch*]

I'd go with a quality 160 gr. given the choice.

 

[350 Mag]

160gr Accubond.....

 

[Dogleg]

160gr Accubond.....

Yep. Its not even that I own a .280 but have tossed enough 160 Accubonds out of enough 7mms to know what they do. The .280 will do it a few yards closer is all.

Theres lots of good 7mm bullets. The Partition is never a bad choice.

 

[korky]

150 gr. swift scirocco's work well on moose for me

 

[medvedqc]

i guided three guys from Wyoming that used 160 grains partition with their 7 mm magnum. so i think that 280 will work well with that combo. i imagine bullet placment has to be taken in the equation.

Phil

 

[jbmauser]

I shoot 140gr TSX out of my 7x64 Brenneke. I've shot a couple whitetail but no elk with it yet. The performance on whitetail was perfect and I would expect it to be more than adequate on elk as well.

 

[BigUglyMan]

The 280 (especially the AI) is trendy and cool and deserves a trendy bullet. Can't go wrong with the Barnes offerings. But as others have pointed out, there are lots of good 7mm bullets. Pretty hard to choose a bad one.

 

[hoytcanon]

Lots will work... there are many flashy, cute bullets working the circuit now, but the 7mm 150 Partition will keep getting it done.

 

[Horse96]

Hornady Amax. 400 yard shot with a .308 208 grainer and the elk is still dead...

Same for the 100 yard antelope. Same bullet, just 300wm velocity. Still dead.

 

[Huntsman]

140gr TTSX is what I zeroed mine with and would shoot an elk confidently with this bullet.
I used a 154gr Hornady plain Jane Interlock bullet on 2 cow elk from my 7 WSM with no need for a follow up shot.