elk loads
07-04-2005, 08:08 AM
#1
Thread Starter
Join Date: Sep 2004
Posts: 21
elk loads
will be hunting elk this fall with knight .50 cal. disc extreme. hoping to shoot powerbelts if the gun likes them. bullet weight and powder charge suggestions would be appreciated. recoil is no problem. also looking at peep sight for that rifle, probably a williams.
07-04-2005, 08:42 AM
#2
Join Date: Dec 2003
Posts: 236
RE: elk loads
Shoot what the gun will shoot accuately, if the gun is a 1:28 twist? it's a knight so who knows try soming in the 400 grain range. just get a couple diffeent weights and try. What are you shooting now? I bet it will work.Good luck
07-04-2005, 09:50 AM
#4
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Idaho
Posts: 11,703
RE: elk loads
tda
Do not know what state you are in so I do not know your regulations, Here in Idaho we can use sabots - so the load that I would reccommend would have a sabot...
I am an avid elk hunter and have been hunting them all my life... got hooked on Nosler Partitions years ago with my 300 mag so noe that I have made the switch to ML's I haven't changed. I shoot 100 grains of t7-2f, 209-4 Remington primer, 300 grain .458 (45-70 rifle bullet) Nosler Partition in a MMP Orange 458/50 sabot. I am shooting either a Remiington M700ml or a Austin and Halleck. For me and in my two inlines these loads are really accurate and they do pack a punch...
Good luck in your search...
Do not know what state you are in so I do not know your regulations, Here in Idaho we can use sabots - so the load that I would reccommend would have a sabot...
I am an avid elk hunter and have been hunting them all my life... got hooked on Nosler Partitions years ago with my 300 mag so noe that I have made the switch to ML's I haven't changed. I shoot 100 grains of t7-2f, 209-4 Remington primer, 300 grain .458 (45-70 rifle bullet) Nosler Partition in a MMP Orange 458/50 sabot. I am shooting either a Remiington M700ml or a Austin and Halleck. For me and in my two inlines these loads are really accurate and they do pack a punch...
Good luck in your search...
07-04-2005, 09:52 AM
#5
Dominant Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Wisconsin
Posts: 21,193
RE: elk loads
If sabots are legal I would go that route with a Knight Disc. Something like a 250 grain Barnes Expander on top of 120 grains of powder. Or perhaps some 375 grain Buffalo Bullet SSB's on a 100 grain area load.Shockwaves would also be a good choice in the 300 grain range, although I think any of them would do the job if placed in the right spot.
If sabots are not legal then I would look at the 460 grain No Excuses Conicals. No Excuse Conicals are a slip fit, easy to load and because of their weight even 85 grains of powder is lethal to anything they come into contact with. They are very accuracte out of my Wolverine II where as powerbelts are a disappointment to say the least. Also if you use powerbelts be sure and check them from time to time to make sure they have not moves off the load. They could cause a barrel obstruction under the right circumstances.
If sabots are not legal then I would look at the 460 grain No Excuses Conicals. No Excuse Conicals are a slip fit, easy to load and because of their weight even 85 grains of powder is lethal to anything they come into contact with. They are very accuracte out of my Wolverine II where as powerbelts are a disappointment to say the least. Also if you use powerbelts be sure and check them from time to time to make sure they have not moves off the load. They could cause a barrel obstruction under the right circumstances.
