I've been doing a lot of load testing in preparation for my first trip to RSA in 2020 with Limcroma Safaris. I decided to do a side-by-side penetration test on four separate 30-06 loads. I shot into water jugs at 50 yards so I could capture the expanded slugs. All of these were captured in the sixth jug except the TTXS which ended up lodged in between the sixth and seventh jugs. This is definitely not the same as the performance you would see on game, but the relative performance of the four in common media is interesting.
Left to right:
168 TTSX - MV 2940FPS - IV 2830 FPS - Recovered wt 167G (99%)
220 Rem CoreLokt - MV 2400 FPS - IV 2250 FPS - Recovered wt 185.6G (84%)
165 Nos AB - MV 2850 FPS - IV 2700 FPS - Recovered wt 113.9G (69%)
180 Norma Oryx - MV 2860 FPS - IV 2700 FPS - Recovered wt 148.5G (82%)
