[Jeff Higgins]

Nice shootin', especially out of a revolver. I have always loved the Freedom Arms single actions; probably the best made revolvers by anyone at anytime. That kind of group from a serious hunting load says a lot. I've seen "handguns" do that and better before, but they are all single shot "short rifles" as I like to call them. Not handguns in the pure sense.

That 355 grain hard cast bullet will do the trick. I've shot a number of animals, the largest being a caribou, with the .45 Colt (the Casull's little brother). My load is the LBT LFN (300 grain) that I cast from wheel weights and load over 22 grains of 296 for just about 1100 fps. A much lighter bullet at much lower velocity than you are getting, and I have never had one fail to fully penetrate and exit. The caribou was even facing me head-on (at about 9 or 10 yards) and I hit him in the brisket; the bullet exited his rump. You will have no trouble shooting clear through an elk with that load, at whatever angle you hit him. Good luck on your hunt.