My hunting partner shoots a 270 Win. and I shoot a 270 WSM, both using 130 gr TSX bullets. Between the two of us we have shot a pronghorn, a bull elk, and 10 deer. While this is not a huge number of animals, from what I have observed the TSX bullets work very well on game. They seem to kill very well, but don't ruin as much meat. I realize that other guys have observed a lot of meat damage, but that hasn't been what we've seen. Obviously a TSX bullet isn't necessary for pronghorn / deer sized game, but I feel confident using them on larger game such as elk, and I don't want to be using different loads during the season. The elk that I shot was a one shot kill and even the 130 gr bullet gave complete penetration on him.
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