Hello Folks: I'm fishing for some general advice on building a decent elk load for my son's Remington 300 Ultra Mag. rifle. He just bought it a few weeks ago and both of us are just learning about the caliber. I am the handloader for the family and I know exactly nothing about this monster case. My purpose with this letter is to hopefully get some general advice on where to start working up a good elk hunting load.
I have found in the past that asking forum members for some of their experienced help often shortens the length of time and the amount of experimenting I need to do to get good results. All the books, charts, and disks are fine but their is nothing like getting help from people who have first hand knowledge. I try to repay this help by passing on help when I can.
I imagine that my son will be using a 220 grain premium bullet and buckets of powder Often there are many powders available for a cartridge but a few shine above the others. If I can get lucky and find a member who is experienced with this cartridge and get a powder name and begining load to work from I would consider this a near mirical! So much time and expense can be saved. If someone can help me with this task I will be very grateful. Whether you folks can help me start work on this project or not I hope you have a fun fall hunting season. Take care and be safe. Jim terrobj@mindspring.com

AA-8700 From 81.7 grains to 106.0 grains
Remington 9-1/2 Primer

There is no need to use a 220gr bullet as a 180 will shoot flatter,recoil less and is plenty for moose and elk.My rifle performs best with reloader 25.With 96 gr behind a 180gr bullet my gun produces 3375fps and averages 1/2" groups.

Reloader 25 has performed the best for us with either the 180 or 200 partitions. Velocities have been very impressive

96 GR rl 15 FED 215 BR AND 180 nOSLER pARTITION...3265 FPS AND .55@ 100 YDS....sako 75

Good luck out of 90gr of H1000 and 200gr swift A-Frame 215 primer seated to the cannelure and crimped.

Also, good luck out of 180gr nosler PT 94gr of H1000 250 CCI primer seated 3.6" COL.