I've used 117 grain Sierra GameKing bullets for over 30 years in my .257 Ackley for a variety of game from prairie dogs to elk. This has been my primary rifle and bullet combination for mule and whitetail deer and pronghorn antelope, but I have also used them on a number of bighorn and Dall sheep hunts.
I also had good performance with 180 grain GameKing bullets from a .30-06 on quite a few elk.
These bullets produced good internal wound channels, and most of the bullets completely passed through most of the animals up through the size of caribou.