According my hunting notes, I've now taken 17 kinds of big game with the 7mm-08 and 7x57--including the "javelina to moose" range suitability suggested by Jack O'Connor in THE HUNTING RIFLE, including elk, wildebeest and kudu. The bullets have included:
140 Barnes TTSX, 160 TSX
139 Hornady Interlock BTSP and Spire Point
120, 140 and 150 Nosler Ballistic Tips
140, 160 and 175 Nosler Partitions
156 Norma Oryx
160 North Fork soft-point
160 Sierra GameKing
140 Trophy Bonded Bear Claw
None of them "failed." From this I have surmised that the 7-08 and 7x57 work very well on big game.
