Originally Posted by MCMXI
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Still waiting.


drop down from a 300 WSM Browning A-Bolt to a .308 Win Montana 84M for elk hunting after a day hunting with his brother outside Great Falls. You can explain to him that his brother must be incompetent since the three 180gr TTSX bullets that all ended up under the skin on the far side, two of which went through the lungs and one of which passed through the heart, still allowed a nice bull elk to walk 30 yards and almost topple over the edge of a coolie.



Not to be too big a Richard but the highlighted text is the likely culprit - not the cartridge. If I'm reading your post correctly, using a 180 TSX in a 308 is not correctly matching the bullet-cartridge-game. I now understand why his elk took 3, 180 TSX's to kill it - its not a cartridge issue. I am a bit surprised it only went 30 yards given the artillery used. I'm not sure any cartridge/bullet combo will keep an elk from moving 30 yards - 30 yards isn't that far. Carry on.

Last edited by bwinters; 03/13/17.
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