Firestorm,

You said "I shoulder shot an elk at 75 yards with a 338 with a 210 gr partition and it did not break through the shoulder. The second shot did drop it like a rock through the spine. "

If you don't mind, could you expand on that description a bit. Very curious about the physiology of this hit. I gather you mean that although it broke bone it did not continue into the boiler room. Exactly what part of the shoulder did it break? Probably not the scapula...ball of humerus, shaft of humerus? Where did you find the bullet and what did it look like? What did the elk do when hit? Run, stop, fall? What was the actual effect of that first hit? Obviously it did not get out of sight immediately. How big an animal was this elk?

Thanks