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Originally Posted by tranq78
Is it because the hide and tissue are denser for moose/elk?
Is the classic cup and core suitable for bigger animals?
We've never gone after anything bigger than deer so we are in the dark about these things. My son uses his 7-08 with Federal blue box ammo and we've got a pile of Barnes Vortex with the TSX bullets which we haven't even started on.
I assume the TSX bullets are better for bigger game?
Gonna be a while before we reload for hunting, we've got a pile of factory ammo and my son only took 2 shots last hunting season. He did get a deer on the last day, though.
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It isn't whether the bullet is cup and core or not. Some cup and core are very tough in 7mm, like Partitions, Nosler Accubonds and Hornady Interbond 154s. Other Cup and Core are designed to expand more rapidly like the SST or Ballistic Tip ( which has the plastic tip to keep the point good in the mag and to aid in rapid expansion). You see this even in Mono bullets with some designed to open up faster than others. It is about picking the specific bullet for the application. So a 154 SST for a Deer specific but a 154 Spire Point Interbond or Partition if you want a very good bullet for Deer, Elk and Moose.
The TSX loads you have will work good on all three animals but they won't open up as violently on Deer as an SST or Ballistic Tip will.