7mm mag for elk

[fabsroman]

I was wondering when the Barnes X bullet was going to come. I haven't tried it on elk because I haven't gone elk hunting yet, but I would feel pretty confident using it.

I shoot a .300 Win Mag for most of my big game hunting and about 11 years ago I was whitetail with Remington Core Lokt bullets. I shot a scawny button buck from about 25 yards and the bullet completely disintegrated before it got to the other side (i.e., no exit wound) and I looked good and hard for that exit wound. However, it was cool seeing the blood gush out from the entrance wound several feet high, probably the result of all the pressure caused inside the body cavity from the full deposit of energy.

Anyway, point of my story is that I definitely wouldn't trust Core-Lokts on an elk hunt, especially if I had to pay a thousand or more dollars for the hunt. Granted, soon there will be a bunch of people on here telling me how great Core-Lokts are, but if that is the case why aren't they labeled as a premium bullet?