Brand new here. Did a search and read Big 6x6's July 08 post, "Devil's Advocate, 350 Gr FPB"
CO law: no scopes, sabots or pellets. My group drew cow tags for the La Garita, GMU 68 (NE corner of the San Juan's). Senior member of our group started rifle hunting there in '78. Most of the remainder of us joined him between '95 and '00 - always rifle hunting till this season. Terrain is mixed bag of both black timber and open plateaus, all above 10,000 feet.
I sighted in my new .50 cal Omega on Memorial Day with 348 Gr Powerbelts and T7 FFG.
Local vendors didn't have a lot of ML stuff on their shelves that weekend, so went with the PBs sort of by default.
Question is, given the CO restrictions on no sabots, is the 348 Gr PB satisfactory for shots on elk probably 100 yards or less and, based on experience, is there a viable/better bullet option like the HDY 350 Gr FPB or the 350 Gr Swift AF/HP? Did the 2008 season provide some resolution to the discussion in Big 6x6's July 08 post?
I saw these latter two bullets listed in the Hodgdon ML manual under the 50 cal T7 2F and 3F loads.
Thanks
Bob
CO law: no scopes, sabots or pellets. My group drew cow tags for the La Garita, GMU 68 (NE corner of the San Juan's). Senior member of our group started rifle hunting there in '78. Most of the remainder of us joined him between '95 and '00 - always rifle hunting till this season. Terrain is mixed bag of both black timber and open plateaus, all above 10,000 feet.
I sighted in my new .50 cal Omega on Memorial Day with 348 Gr Powerbelts and T7 FFG.
Local vendors didn't have a lot of ML stuff on their shelves that weekend, so went with the PBs sort of by default.
Question is, given the CO restrictions on no sabots, is the 348 Gr PB satisfactory for shots on elk probably 100 yards or less and, based on experience, is there a viable/better bullet option like the HDY 350 Gr FPB or the 350 Gr Swift AF/HP? Did the 2008 season provide some resolution to the discussion in Big 6x6's July 08 post?
I saw these latter two bullets listed in the Hodgdon ML manual under the 50 cal T7 2F and 3F loads.
Thanks
Bob