300 gr. SST or XTP Mag for Elk

[Fire_Hawk]

I have shot a lot with the SST in 300 grain this year and am very pleased with its accuracy and flat trajectory. I shot all the way through an approximately 10" thick Aspen tree trunk that had fallen over near our deer camp. I never found that bullet. Seems to have plenty of penetration capability. But....... it is a polycarbonate tip bullet. I have this thing with ballistic tip bullets and wonder whether or not this bullet was designed to handle animals as large as an elk.

I know the XTP mags shoot well too. Should I be looking at those instead? Are they tougher than the SST bullets? Anyone out there shoot an elk with an 300 grain SST bullet yet? Please help!

Firehawk

 

[PinonPaul]

Hawk, I think the T/C Shockwaves and the SST are the same bullet? If I'm wrong set me straight. Anyway, my son shot a cow elk this past week with a 300grn Shockwave and it performed perfectly. We were getting tighter groups with the poly tipped bullets so that's what we went with. If I had a digital I would post a photo of the bullet. It mushroomed perfectly, took out a rib on the entrance side and lodged just under the hide on the off-side.