Outdoor Junkie
Active member
Hello all,
Just wanted to get elk hunters take on this. I hunt pretty much everything with my favorite rifle, which is a 300 wsm and I use the Winchester 150 grain Ballistic silver tip since my rifle really likes it (consistently 3 shots in a 2-3" circle at 300 yards off a rest).
I'm heading out for cow elk over New Year's weekend and I wanted to get the elk hunters take on two questions:
1.) Do you think I should bump up the 180 grain version of this or should a well placed 150 grain be just fine?
2.) Do the non-ballistic tip rounds (i.e. the federal premium) seem to have the long range accuracy of the ballistic tips? I really started with this ammo when I bought the gun and my rifle hunting experience is limited to this rifle over the last 6 years, so I wanted to get the take of the elk hunters out there. I grew up in shotgun territory in Wisconsin.
Thanks for the input!
Just wanted to get elk hunters take on this. I hunt pretty much everything with my favorite rifle, which is a 300 wsm and I use the Winchester 150 grain Ballistic silver tip since my rifle really likes it (consistently 3 shots in a 2-3" circle at 300 yards off a rest).
I'm heading out for cow elk over New Year's weekend and I wanted to get the elk hunters take on two questions:
1.) Do you think I should bump up the 180 grain version of this or should a well placed 150 grain be just fine?
2.) Do the non-ballistic tip rounds (i.e. the federal premium) seem to have the long range accuracy of the ballistic tips? I really started with this ammo when I bought the gun and my rifle hunting experience is limited to this rifle over the last 6 years, so I wanted to get the take of the elk hunters out there. I grew up in shotgun territory in Wisconsin.
Thanks for the input!