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I shot a running Oryx at 100 yards with a .300 Win Mag and a 168 grain Nosler Custom Competition. Hit it right on the shoulder and the result was spectacular.

The thing cartwheeled 3 times like Olga Corbett and bit the dust.

The bullet left the shoulder a mess and barely penetrated the vitals with shrapnel

Shot another Oryx with the same load the next year that dropped like a sack of potatoes. Messy as well.

I think there's something to be said for a bullet that dumps all of its energy and momentum in the animal as opposed to a bullet that may or may not expand fully, exits and deposits its last bit of energy and momentum in the dirt.

I'd feel confident with a Win Mag and 210 gr VLDs in bear country.

...but I'd rather be carrying a Maxus with a 10 round magazine loaded with slugs