Power Belt Performance on an Elk

[fishdoggydog]

I shot maybe one of the smallest legal bulls in Colorado on 9/16 and I will admit to pulling the trigger, not the slow pressure like on the range. At 55 yards I hit it in front of the shoulder and broke the neck, still alive and moving the head, so I put one behind the ear. The first shot trashed the bone and nothing left but pieces of lead. The second shot at point blank range went through meat, never hit bone, stopped as a perfect mushroom on the far side skin. These were 295 gr. 50 cal. in front of 110 gr. 777 powder. I would have liked more out of it, what if the first shot hit the shoulder blade and then a rib, shouldn't the second shot have gone through? A 348 gr. may have been a better choice, no sabots allowed in CO.