Originally Posted by Brad
The bullet on the right is a 165 HDY BTSP that I recovered from last season's 6x6 elk. From a 308 Win at 140 yards, the bullet broke the heavy upper leg bone-knuckle, and punched into the lungs. I found it rolling around the chest cavity. All in all, that's a heck of a lot to ask of a bullet, and the first time I've center-punched that leg bone. That's about the worst possible scenario for an elk bullet.

Bullet on the left is a 150 Nosler Ballisitc Tip from a heavy, old 6x6 bull I took in 2014, shot at 40 yards from a 7mm-08. The bullet angled forward from the back of the ribs, and was under the off-side scapula. Around 32" of penetration. Bull ran about 25 yards and was dead when I got to him, likely the quickest kill I've ever seen on an elk.

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Funny thing is som would call that a bullet failure...sounds to me like a sucuss