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Exactly--but I never could tell any difference on game.

I've never killed an elk with a 7x57, but have killed one Alberta moose that was a bigger than any bull elk I've ever seen on the ground. The 7x57 worked fine with 160-grain North Forks at about 225 yards. I shot the moose right with the first shot, but like a lot of moose he didn't flop over with a double-lung shot. At the urging of the guide, I shot the bull again, basically in the same place. This may or may have speeded up anything. The bull died 19 yards from where it was first hit.

. That's my favorite advice "hit him again". Me-- Why he's just standing there dead on his feet and I don't wanna go looking for him!

Years ago I hunted elk in heavy timber with a 7x57 loaded with 175gr NP's, broke bones, penetrated from any angle, killed elk and a few deer very easily.

Now I have a 7x57R in a nice combo gun, the 154gr Horn at 2600 fps seem to work just as well on deer as my 270 at under 300 yds. Can't say how the bullet looks as it has so far shot through everything, expanding well, DRT performance on 5 deer last year. Now, as to the 162gr Horn SST, I found it to be less than satisfactory falling apart quite easily and not nearly as accurate in my rifle as the 154gr.

I would be very happy to hunt elk with my 7x57R and 154gr Horn but would be a good bit more selective about shot angle than with my 9.3x62 and 286gr. NP's.