On the other hand, I haven’t really been able to verify this. I have lost an elk early in my hunting career by taking a quartering on shot with a 7mm 160 gr bullet. The bullet deflected catching only one lung. I’ve since changed to a bigger caliber for moose and elk with premium bullets ( triple shock)
If you lost the elk, how do you know you got a lung at all?
The deepest and straightest penetration I've experienced has been 100gn TSX from my 257Wby. It out-penetrates 200gn TSX via 300Win Mag and 140gn TSX via 270Win. I've shot a bunch of deer with all three and at least one elk with each the 257 and 270, and a dozen elk w/the 300Win.
