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The 130 TTSX works fine on both deer and elk in the .308. This is a big cow my wife took in 2017 at around 250 yards, and the bullet wasn't started nearly as fast as a 130 .270. She tends to get recoil headaches, even with the brake on her custom rifle, so I loaded them to around 2900 fps. The elk was quartering toward us, and the bullet broke the near (left) shoulder, just above the big shoulder joint. The cow staggered maybe 20-25 yards, obviously done for, before falling. We found the bullet under the hide over the ribs on the right side.