pawhitetail
Active member
I'm finally looking at heading to Colorado this coming fall with my son. Bucket list item for me to make it out west elk hunting and I told him if we're going to do it we better do it now. We're going to be taking 2 30-06s (1 for a back up)and my 300 wby. I use hornady spire points almost exclusively here for deer. I'm looking for an elk bullet. It'd be nice to use one bullet for all 3 guns. I know the nosler accubonds and partitions are highly regarded by alot of folks hunting elk but their supply has been kinda thin and their price has really gone up. With that being said I'm really looking at Barnes bullets. Particularly the 168gr ttsx or the 175 lrx. Is there any reason I should be looking at 1 vs the other? From what info I've found it looks like lrx expansion is minimum 1600fps vs the 168 ttsx at 1800fps which has me leaning to the lrx. I'm thinking the slower velocity of the 06' would still provide good expansion if a longer shot would be required. Any input or first hand experience would be appreciated. Thanks guys