Punching elk shoulders with that 140 VLD does not look like something I'd want to try...
.............Then when it comes to bone, you under-estimate the VLDs penetrating capability. John Burns has done so many times.
Using a 30 cal 190 VLD from 328 yards fired from my 300 WSM Ruger compact, not only did the VLD penetrate the right shoulder bone of my bull elk, but continued on doing the normal devastating VLD damage with fragments found just below the hide on the opposite side.
The est MV at altitude was about 2820-2850 fps.
