Got a little muley buck with my Encore. I know some folks would think he is too small but with him being the first ever animal with my Encore I am quite happy. Hopefully I will see what this load will do on elk in about a week.

Cartridge: .30/06
Load: 150 Nosler BT, 50 gr of RL-15



Here is what he looked like about a week later.

Excellent !
Looks tasty.

What kind of velocity are you getting, 2350ish?
The lower velocity should help the bullet to hold together.
I've killed a pile of Elk with the Rem 30cal 165 Corelokt loaded to 2700fps. One year I thought I'd try the 180 Corelokt loaded to 2850fps and it took several good shots to keep the Elk down.
Be sure to take pics of your Elk

Small equalls tasty.Good shooting.

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Originally posted by Lar45:
What kind of velocity are you getting, 2350ish?
The lower velocity should help the bullet to hold together.

I don't know what velocity I am getting. That same load in a rifle would be doing about 2800. Hopefully I am in the range of 2500 with the 15"barrel.