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<blockquote data-quote="bigngreen" data-source="post: 1560662" data-attributes="member: 13632"><p>A 168 7mm bullet regardless of type stands a good chance of not penetrating an elks front shoulder. I've seen a lot of them infact get through but the one and only 7mm bullet I would shoulder shoot and elk with confidence is the 177 Hammer. Barnes simply won't every time unless the impact velocity is high enough to shear the petals, I've seen to many of them not get into the chest of an elk, the Accubond suffers from the same thing.</p><p>I have shot the 140 Berger into a lot of elk and deer and we've recovered very few, none from a deer. The last one I recovered destroyed the heavy bone on cow elk took out multiple ribs and I found it mid way up her neck, about the hardest hit I've ever put on an elk and she was dead in three steps, I put a 140 CEB in the exact same spot and it did make it through but the wound channel was so small it actually past large arteries and didn't cut them so more shooting to kill her. I've had that same shot not get into the chest with a 168 Barnes and a 300 WBY multiple times. </p><p>Some friend this year shot a pile of elk with the 140 all one shots and a staggering death within yards, still they read the internet instead of piled up dead elk and they try the 127 Lrx and an other drainage over and some more shooting she finally died. </p><p>A guy has to shoot what works for him but guys also have to realize it's not a bullet issue and beleive some guys will have single shot kill after kill with bullets you won't and that does not mean the bullet fails just for what ever reason we aren't good with the same bullets others are.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bigngreen, post: 1560662, member: 13632"] A 168 7mm bullet regardless of type stands a good chance of not penetrating an elks front shoulder. I've seen a lot of them infact get through but the one and only 7mm bullet I would shoulder shoot and elk with confidence is the 177 Hammer. Barnes simply won't every time unless the impact velocity is high enough to shear the petals, I've seen to many of them not get into the chest of an elk, the Accubond suffers from the same thing. I have shot the 140 Berger into a lot of elk and deer and we've recovered very few, none from a deer. The last one I recovered destroyed the heavy bone on cow elk took out multiple ribs and I found it mid way up her neck, about the hardest hit I've ever put on an elk and she was dead in three steps, I put a 140 CEB in the exact same spot and it did make it through but the wound channel was so small it actually past large arteries and didn't cut them so more shooting to kill her. I've had that same shot not get into the chest with a 168 Barnes and a 300 WBY multiple times. Some friend this year shot a pile of elk with the 140 all one shots and a staggering death within yards, still they read the internet instead of piled up dead elk and they try the 127 Lrx and an other drainage over and some more shooting she finally died. A guy has to shoot what works for him but guys also have to realize it's not a bullet issue and beleive some guys will have single shot kill after kill with bullets you won't and that does not mean the bullet fails just for what ever reason we aren't good with the same bullets others are. [/QUOTE]
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