Surestrike-Out of curiosity have you ever shot an elk with a ballistic tip?Have you ever personally witnessed it?Or are you just speading heresay with no experience to back it up?I personally have taken two bull elk and two bull moose with 180gr ballistic tips out of my 300 ultramag.They did not blow up,they did penetrate and produced four of the quickest one shot kills I have ever seen on elk or moose.Three bullets exited and the fourth stopped against the hide after passing through the chest and offside shoulder of the bull.I would not recommend you take texas heart shots with them but if lung shots are used they do a fine job.