You don't need a 300 WM to hunt those little deer. I use a 223 in Arizona for our mule deer.
I have a 270 and a 300 WM as well. I shoot partitions out of ALL of them.
But a friend killed a bull elk that had a dressed wight of 935lb. that he took with one of my hand loads in a 308 using a 165...
Affordable elk hunt? Now that's a play on words!
I have only been on 2 elk hunts in Arizona on our draw system in 24 years of trying! Of course, they were for prime areas with monster bulls! But, I'm glad that you at least got a cow tag.
I don't think you will be able to use that long a bullet in a twist rate that is so slow. I'm looking for data on a 223 with the same bullet and I'm sweating it working in a 1 in 9 rate of twist. There is a formuls some where that gives bullet length & weight for rates of twist. As I recall, a...
I'm trying to find some load data on using the 77 gr. Nosler in a 223 or 5.56. I have several Ar-15's , all with a 1 in 9 rate of twist. I know that Black Hills made some using the 77 gr Nosler with a cannelure on the bullet as well. That ammunition is impossible to find on the market, so I...