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<blockquote data-quote="RobStar" data-source="post: 1129048" data-attributes="member: 75045"><p>Barnes 180g TTSX in 300 Win Mag has been working on elk for me. In the last ten months I've taken mature 6x6 and 5x6 bulls and a cow and they all go down right where I shoot them. They don't drop like a rock, they've just sort of stood there for a few seconds while I chamber another round and then tip over.</p><p></p><p>On the 6x6 it was a clean double lung pass through at 180 yards, on the 5x6 it was through the front shoulder and into the second shoulder at 140 yards and the bullet did not exit. He went down right there but I did take a second safety shot to finish him off. Plus, I had run nearly two miles in a full pack at high altitude in the rain over the top of a mesa to get ahead of he and his cows and had zero interest in chasing or tracking him.</p><p></p><p>The cow elk was one and done with a double lung pass through at 239 yards.</p><p></p><p>None of these are long range shots obviously and the reason I use copper all year is that one of my hunts requires it and I don't want to deal with two different types of ammo. Consequently I can't speak to their performance at longer distances. If you are interested I can probably find some photos of the internal entry exit wounds on the two bulls. It's definitely not like it blew a giant gaping hole out the other side.</p><p></p><p>I still have two elk tags to fill this season and since I'm just learning more about LRH I'm going to try to stretch my shots out a bit but still where I feel comfortably accurate.</p><p></p><p>Robert</p><p>Las Vegas</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RobStar, post: 1129048, member: 75045"] Barnes 180g TTSX in 300 Win Mag has been working on elk for me. In the last ten months I've taken mature 6x6 and 5x6 bulls and a cow and they all go down right where I shoot them. They don't drop like a rock, they've just sort of stood there for a few seconds while I chamber another round and then tip over. On the 6x6 it was a clean double lung pass through at 180 yards, on the 5x6 it was through the front shoulder and into the second shoulder at 140 yards and the bullet did not exit. He went down right there but I did take a second safety shot to finish him off. Plus, I had run nearly two miles in a full pack at high altitude in the rain over the top of a mesa to get ahead of he and his cows and had zero interest in chasing or tracking him. The cow elk was one and done with a double lung pass through at 239 yards. None of these are long range shots obviously and the reason I use copper all year is that one of my hunts requires it and I don't want to deal with two different types of ammo. Consequently I can't speak to their performance at longer distances. If you are interested I can probably find some photos of the internal entry exit wounds on the two bulls. It's definitely not like it blew a giant gaping hole out the other side. I still have two elk tags to fill this season and since I'm just learning more about LRH I'm going to try to stretch my shots out a bit but still where I feel comfortably accurate. Robert Las Vegas [/QUOTE]
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