Frank in the Laurels
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Same bullet from the back..3000 was the muzzle velocity...
One of those mysterious bullets where you hear of how bad they are online yet all the pictures of them are them working fine
I always tell everybody else that Mom's homemade banana pudding sucks, too. More for me.
I like the ELDx line. Shot a lot of hogs whitetail and a big mule deer with the 7mm REM mag 162 ELDx. Ran them at 2950. Farthest shot was 325. I ain't recovered one yet. Used the 143 in a 6.5 prc and a AR platform 6.5 creed, none ever recovered. All animals recovered that I've shot and my son and nieces and nephews I've taken while with me. I don't have any reservations about using them. Rolling with the 178 this year in my
300 wsm for my elk hunt. Will report results if I get one.
Generally speaking I like the ELDX bullets, I've used them with great success in multiple calibers. A few years ago I got some 6.5 147 gr ELD Match bullets, all from the same lot (over 1,000 bullets) that were tumbling out of the barrel. Imagine shooting 100 yards and the bullets not even coming close to the target, going all over the place, it was weird. got closer and finally got one to go through the cardboard box is it was flying sideways. Not every bullet did that, you'd shoot some and they'd do great, then all of a sudden you had no idea what happened.. Hornady was great about it, I showed them pictures and sent back my unused and they gave me new ones (but I'd already tried shooting quite a few) but I never really trusted them.... But the ELDX's I've never had issues and they preform well on gameSo are the 162 grain Eld x bullets that bad? Sure see slot of negative comments about them.
Ha,ha think have found a few that workD over the years!!"IF" I can show a photo of my bullet after it has killed an elk or moose…..I have a bullet that "FAILED"! memtb
No not elk. Big game animals. Antelope deer elk. I wish I could afford to hunt elk that often.You've taken 30+ elk with them Adam?
Ha,ha think have found a few that workD over the years!!
That'll happen when a guy uses 416 Rigby on an Elk. The large caliber hole thru both sides does shorten the tracking work.I have too, but soon after changed bullets!
My statement was a bit too broad, I did recover a bullet (my present brand) from a large cow elk….after it passed through and killed another cow elk. Thankfull, we had two cow tags! memtb
I disagree with this statement. Many cup and core bullets that impact an animal at moderate speeds (2000-2500 fps-ish) and mushroom at least 2x their diameter will often not penetrate the far side hide. That certainly does not indicate a bullet failure."IF" I can show a photo of my bullet after it has killed an elk or moose…..I have a bullet that "FAILED"! memtb