I'm not anti ballistic tip, I've lost count of the number of whitetails I've killed with the 140 BT out of a 7mm rem mag, well over 100 I'm sure. Out of those I can't remember ever having an exit hole. They expand fast and violently. Heck, I had one blow up on a rib of a 100 lb. whitetail doe once, it left an 8" hole in the side with lung exposed and she went 200 yds before she bled out. I tracked her by the blood pattern sprayed 2' on the side of trees as she ran by them. My experience on elk is limited but I want a tougher bullet for an animal that size. Maybe if I lived in elk country and hunted them all the time I'd feel differently, heck Eskimos hunt polar bears with .223's. Meat hunting for smaller cows or if I could afford to be choosy about my shots might also make me feel differently. A more suitable bullet for elk might cost an extra 10 cents a piece, no reason to skimp on something like that.
