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After 19 years of rejection I finally drew a south dakota black hills any elk tag for this fall. I have hunted in the past with others that have had tags and drew a couple leftover cow tags over the years but this will be my first bull hunt of my own. I have been the muscle and assistant on 4 others the last 10 years.
My muzzleloader may take a bit more of a break this summer to fine tune my 300 win mag. Bullets are scarce here but I have 30 180 gr accubonds loaded (those have harvested 3 elk for my family members in 3 shots total) and I have 75 180 grain speer grand slams and 100 - 200 grain speer hot cors on the reloading bench if the need arises. Plenty of powder and primers so I should be set. I have my 270 sighted in with 150 grain partitions and 40 loaded for a backup in case something would happen with the other gun during the hunt.
I have been a nosler fan my entire reloading/hunting life (30) years so I guess besides being stoked for the hunt anyone have any experience with the grand slams or heavier hot cors on elk sized game. I know the grand slams should be fine but the BC sucks on them, which really doesn't make a lot of difference out to 300-350 yards. The hot cors should be heavy enough and going slower so I think they would hold together as well.
Chrono'd I am running just at 3000 fps with 180 accubonds and no pressure signs out of a M70 with a VXIII on it and can do sub 1" groups at 100 yds.
I will probably hold the accubonds, work up a load with the grand slams and see how much of a sight in difference there is and how they shoot, then decide what to do.
My muzzleloader may take a bit more of a break this summer to fine tune my 300 win mag. Bullets are scarce here but I have 30 180 gr accubonds loaded (those have harvested 3 elk for my family members in 3 shots total) and I have 75 180 grain speer grand slams and 100 - 200 grain speer hot cors on the reloading bench if the need arises. Plenty of powder and primers so I should be set. I have my 270 sighted in with 150 grain partitions and 40 loaded for a backup in case something would happen with the other gun during the hunt.
I have been a nosler fan my entire reloading/hunting life (30) years so I guess besides being stoked for the hunt anyone have any experience with the grand slams or heavier hot cors on elk sized game. I know the grand slams should be fine but the BC sucks on them, which really doesn't make a lot of difference out to 300-350 yards. The hot cors should be heavy enough and going slower so I think they would hold together as well.
Chrono'd I am running just at 3000 fps with 180 accubonds and no pressure signs out of a M70 with a VXIII on it and can do sub 1" groups at 100 yds.
I will probably hold the accubonds, work up a load with the grand slams and see how much of a sight in difference there is and how they shoot, then decide what to do.