[M.T. Pockets]

I live in Minnesota and have always tried to support the hometown boys at Federal, but was a bit dissapointed with their one word reply.

I've shot a few elk with this load, plus a couple caribou, good performing round with better than average factory accuracy.

It feels comfortable walking around the grizzly alders too.

I've shot an awful lot of factory loads in .300 Win. Mag. and have found various results. Right now I'm going to get a box of Remington's Safari line in 200 grain Swift A-Frame and see if my rifle likes them. Like I said earlier, I think the main advantage of having any .300 magnum is being able to shoot 200 grain bullets at the same trajetory as other .30's shoot lighter bullets. I'll give a little trajectory for the advantage of a 200 grain bullet driving the distance on a big animal at whatever angle he chooses.

I've shot more than a couple boxes of Fail Safes through my rifle too. As far as accuracy goes, they're comparable to the Noslers. We're not going to win any contests but we'll hit elk in the ribs out to 400 yards if I do my job.

I'm a long ways from an expert, but my experience with Nosler is that they can break apart if they hit too much "stuff" in a big animal and all you're left with is the back part. I've shot some elk with a Fail Safe and found that they'll punch a hole right throud no matter what the angle, but they don't do much damage. It's like the petals break off and you've got a solid running end to end on an animal. Don't get me wrong, they'll leave an exit wound and kill, but the maybe are more efficient at punching a hole through an animal than they are at killing it fast.

This is about as dangerous as arguing religion, but I'm going to lean towards a bullet tougher than the Nosler, but not quite as solid as the Fail Safe. I'll let you know how I do.

I'm still a more than a little disappointed with Federal. I thought the "High Energy" Load left them a step ahead of the competition, especially with the 200 grain load in the .300 Win Mag. The only other factory factory load in 200 grain that I know of is Remington's Swift A-Frame that I'm going to try as soon as my order comes in.

Like I mentioned earlier, I think the main advantage of having any .30 cal. magnum is the ability to shoot a 200 grain round at the same trajectory a .30-06 shoots a 165 grain. But, who the hell am I. Good hunting everyone, and I hope to put one single shot through a bull this fall in Wyoming's Thorofare. Got an elk tag in my safe.