SHOW NOTES

Intro: Great Elk Bullets: characteristics, types, makes, models, and more.

ALERT: with this episode, the 3rd Limited Edition Northern Shrike backcountry hunting knife goes live.

Q&A: .30-30 for bear, re-barreling to 6.8 Western, and more.

Characteristics of a great elk bullet:

• Expansion design
• Weight retention and penetration
• Accuracy
• Ballistic coefficient

Shot angles and the challenge of cleanly killing a big, old bull

• Big, big bone
• Dense, heavy muscle
• Close impacts and far
• Quartering angles

Calibers and Cartridges

• "Wallop"
• Stepping up to kill cleanly with small cartridges
• 6.5's and .270's for elk

Bullet makes and models

• Barnes
• Federal
• Hornady
• Nosler
• Swift

Final thoughts: Closing the deal at the moment of truth

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