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<blockquote data-quote="Gravel Road" data-source="post: 1523598" data-attributes="member: 104141"><p>I've shot four deer in the last two years and have found the 143 ELDX inconsistent for me.</p><p>First one was a small buck broadside at 200 that performed perfectly with a small entrance and a nice sized exit hole-ran 20 yards.</p><p>Second was a doe at 235 yards that didn't perform well in my opinion. Trashed the internals but never exited-ran 30 yards. Couldn't believe it didn't exit</p><p>Third was a doe that performed perfect. Lung shot that hit the offside shoulder, broke the bone and exited-ran 30 yards.</p><p>Fourth was a medium buck that a couple inches back, taking out some lung and liver and exiting the ribs far back and hitting stomach. Ran 150 yards, stopped and appeared to start to walk off so a shot to the neck put him down. This one was weird. The entrance hole was huge with hydrostatic shock evident for 6 inches+ in all direction. Small exit hole. If you didn't know better you would bet money that the entry/exit holes were reversed. I can't imagine that hitting one rib would cause that much meat to be inedible.</p><p>All in all, the results are so varied I don't trust the bullet. Not that it's bad, but with todays excellent bullets, why bother. I'm going to try the Sledgehammers. That should give a good consistency and a nice exit. </p><p>Here's a pic of the doe heart shot from a few days ago. Sometimes they work great<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />[ATTACH]113230[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Gravel Road, post: 1523598, member: 104141"] I've shot four deer in the last two years and have found the 143 ELDX inconsistent for me. First one was a small buck broadside at 200 that performed perfectly with a small entrance and a nice sized exit hole-ran 20 yards. Second was a doe at 235 yards that didn't perform well in my opinion. Trashed the internals but never exited-ran 30 yards. Couldn't believe it didn't exit Third was a doe that performed perfect. Lung shot that hit the offside shoulder, broke the bone and exited-ran 30 yards. Fourth was a medium buck that a couple inches back, taking out some lung and liver and exiting the ribs far back and hitting stomach. Ran 150 yards, stopped and appeared to start to walk off so a shot to the neck put him down. This one was weird. The entrance hole was huge with hydrostatic shock evident for 6 inches+ in all direction. Small exit hole. If you didn't know better you would bet money that the entry/exit holes were reversed. I can't imagine that hitting one rib would cause that much meat to be inedible. All in all, the results are so varied I don't trust the bullet. Not that it's bad, but with todays excellent bullets, why bother. I'm going to try the Sledgehammers. That should give a good consistency and a nice exit. Here's a pic of the doe heart shot from a few days ago. Sometimes they work great:)[ATTACH]113230[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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