I have shot several elk with these bullets. The 165 gr. out of a .300 Win Mag seemed to have a lot of penetration at the expense of a smaller wound channel. I shot a big cow elk at 100 yards as she walked toward me - hit the near shoulder and it came out the last rib. She turned and tried to walk away. Shot her again; this time in the last couple of ribs on the other side and it came out the other shoulder. She stopped and wobbled a little - finally went down as I was preparing to shoot a third time.

Also shot another cow at about 250 yards broadside. She ran off as if nothing had happened. I followed her tracks to the edge of some dark timber about 200 yards away. Walked along the edge of the timber for about 20 minutes looking . . . . finally spotted a hoof where she had slid under a big spruce tree about 25 yards into the timber. Lucky . . . Bullet went through the center ofboth lungs and exited.

Some of my companions have used these bullets. They say thebest scenariois on an animal looking right at you. Generally a "lights out" shot.