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<blockquote data-quote="Timber Runner" data-source="post: 2857662" data-attributes="member: 110311"><p>200 gr eld-x factory precision hunter out of a 300 wsm. Rifle likes every factory ammo I've put through it, so 1/2 Moa or so.</p><p></p><p>1st game animal, raghorn elk at 618 yards, front quartering off. Brisket shot, bullet severed big arteries and then must of hit bone and went straight up to spine, breaking spine. Bang flop.</p><p></p><p>Shot two smallish whitetail does that fall, both one shot kills at relative short distances, 100 or so yards. Expired fairly quick.</p><p></p><p>Next season, nice 5x5 elk at 330 yards broadside. First shot right behind shoulder, sounded good. Bull didn't move. 2nd shot 1 inch away from 1st. Sounded good, bull didn't move. Third shot, hit backside of shoulder, bullet shattered bone and it was a bloody mess. Elk ran into tree line. Waited 30 min, started easing into timber and elk jumped. Was ready, but couldn't get another round off. Sounded like elk crashed again, couldnt see though. Backed out and waited 3 hours. Went back, elk was dead. Lungs were jello, didn't find any bullet frags and two exit holes. I'm assuming the third shot that hit shoulder didn't enter thoracic cavity. That elk did have a broken off arrow shaft under his spine and given the lack of scar, was probably from the same season. I guess he was just a tough bull.</p><p></p><p>Shot a mule deer later that season at 280 yards. He was dead after first shot, but didn't drop, so I shot again and he flopped.</p><p></p><p>Shot one small whitetail doe that was 100ish yards, ran 20 yards or so. Dead.</p><p></p><p>So I had decent terminal performance. That three round elk bothered me, but his chest cavity was destroyed, so i dont know what else i could have asked for.</p><p></p><p>I then had a case of factory terminal ascent ammo dropped in my lap (so to speak) and haven't looked back from that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Timber Runner, post: 2857662, member: 110311"] 200 gr eld-x factory precision hunter out of a 300 wsm. Rifle likes every factory ammo I've put through it, so 1/2 Moa or so. 1st game animal, raghorn elk at 618 yards, front quartering off. Brisket shot, bullet severed big arteries and then must of hit bone and went straight up to spine, breaking spine. Bang flop. Shot two smallish whitetail does that fall, both one shot kills at relative short distances, 100 or so yards. Expired fairly quick. Next season, nice 5x5 elk at 330 yards broadside. First shot right behind shoulder, sounded good. Bull didn't move. 2nd shot 1 inch away from 1st. Sounded good, bull didn't move. Third shot, hit backside of shoulder, bullet shattered bone and it was a bloody mess. Elk ran into tree line. Waited 30 min, started easing into timber and elk jumped. Was ready, but couldn't get another round off. Sounded like elk crashed again, couldnt see though. Backed out and waited 3 hours. Went back, elk was dead. Lungs were jello, didn't find any bullet frags and two exit holes. I'm assuming the third shot that hit shoulder didn't enter thoracic cavity. That elk did have a broken off arrow shaft under his spine and given the lack of scar, was probably from the same season. I guess he was just a tough bull. Shot a mule deer later that season at 280 yards. He was dead after first shot, but didn't drop, so I shot again and he flopped. Shot one small whitetail doe that was 100ish yards, ran 20 yards or so. Dead. So I had decent terminal performance. That three round elk bothered me, but his chest cavity was destroyed, so i dont know what else i could have asked for. I then had a case of factory terminal ascent ammo dropped in my lap (so to speak) and haven't looked back from that. [/QUOTE]
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