The LRX is a tipped bullet. BC .468 MV 2880 at elk altitude. It is still doing 1800 at 800yds. I doubt failure to open on an elk-sized animal is even a factor, even at insane range.
You'd be wrong, it happens. A good friend of mine used my handloaded 168 TTSX's (also "a tipped bullet") to shoot a whopper of a bull at under 100 yards. He hit it in the heart, which was a good thing because the bullet looked brand new, except for the missing tip.
I don't like monometals. I don't use them. They are too expensive to work with, IMO. That doesn't mean that I don't know how, or why, they work.
Yes, it actually does mean that.
