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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Buzzgun" data-source="post: 3064137" data-attributes="member: 4715">The photo below shows a 7mm 140 TTSX that was recovered from the shoulder of a bull elk my wife killed, this bullet was a finisher shot from close range and smashed the shoulder joint. The bullet was fired from a 7mm Short Action Ultra Mag, the load chronographed just over 3000 fps. If you look closely, you will notice that the bullet is positioned next to the cartridge in the position it would have been before firing.......this bullet is expanded down to the bottom of the hollowpoint...in other words, it is expanded as far as it can.....the bullet has not lost any "petals".....notice how small the frontal area of the expanded bullet is?? Not exactly the picture perfect mushroom that Barnes advertises, is it??  If you loaded this bullet in a 7x57 or a 7-08 at 2750 fps or so and put it through the ribs of a whitetail, I have doubts that it would expand at all, especially if you stretch the range a bit.......Again, there is no need to use a monometal bullet for whitetail deer if you are using a "normal deer caliber (243 and larger)".......now, if I decided to make a habit of shooting deer with a 22 centerfire, I'd consider it......even then, I'd probably just load the Sierra 65 grain gameking and call it good.<img src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4553/38649544526_111d1c85e0.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></blockquote>