Maybe the reason that a lot of posters didn't come back with experience using the 165 gr BTHP is they already figured out it wasn't an appropriate bullet for elk hunting. Will it kill elk? Sure will. Catch a heavy shoulder bone though and the results are probably not going to be satisfying. Catch an elk in the timber at 25 yards, ditto.
Shoot an elk at 300 yards thru the lungs and you will be happy.
