To all those who decry the disruptive action and lack of complete penetration of GK's on deer-sized game- did said animals die quickly or did they scamper off before dying somewhere on the back 40 or worse yet get away Scot-free?
They scampered off quickly, and took a while to catch up with and shoot them again.
I don't expect all critters to go bang flop when I shoot them in the front half, but I do expect a bullet like the 165 gr GK to at least penetrate to the further side of a medium size muley. And when it happens three times in a row I think that's enough to make a judgement of the bullet.
Maybe Sierra has changed the 308 cal, 165 gr GK in the last 20 years........
I've killed 8-9 elk with the Sierra 270 cal, 150 gr GK. Will the 150 gr GK kill elk? Yes. Is it a good elk bullet? Nope. There is a distinction between those two things that is lost on folks sometimes.
