I am new to this forum, but I could not help but respond to this topic. I worked up a load in my .300 Win Mag last year using the 180 grain version of the Scirocco thinking I had found the holy grail of bullets (high B.C., tough construction, and accurate). I took a cow elk out with one at range finder distance of ~ 380 yards. The bullet hit her in the neck, shattering the spine. It continued back through the muscle on the neck, into the the shoulder (breaking two ribs on the way, without touching them directly) and came to a rest at the back side of the shoulder, just under the hide. I thought this would be a perfectly mushroomed example of what the holy grail elk bullet would do. What I found surprised and dissappointed me <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" />. The bullet looked like you had taken wire dikes and snipped the black tip off. You can see all the rifling marks from stem to stern and the retained weight was 174 out of 180 grains.
Now you might say that velocity was not sufficient to provide penetration. The load was a chronographed 3200 fps out of my 26" tube.
Much has been said about over expansion with this bullet. I for one was not pleased with the under expansion with my experience. Granted, one bullet is not a great statistical test, but for my confidence I have given the rest of my bullets away and have started work-up with the new 200 grain Accubond.
Just my experience and .02
