Seeing as this has been brought to the top I'll add to it. I watched a big mature Bull Elk literally drop in his tracks to a 130 gr .277 TSX launched from a 270 Winchester a couple of weeks back. A partner shot him at a lasered 547 yds and the bullet went low through the meaty part of both shoulders and exited (no bone was struck) destroying the lungs and what looked to be the arteries above the heart. The bullet was launched at just over 3000 fps (chronographed) and was carrying a measly 1250 ft pounds of energy when it struck hair. He hit the ground with aplomb.
Some things are highly overrated, and the practical field difference between most "medium bore" cartridges is one of them.
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