ELDX and exits.

[Overkill338]

Wondering if anyone else out there has had an issue with Horne at the ELD extra bullets not exiting that range is where they should make a massive exit. yesterday were hunting with my niece, I shot a mature buck at 32 yards in a textbook placement scenario. The deer fell we're he stood, never standing again. Although I should be elated with the results, I was very disturbed by the fact that at over 2700 ft./s, there was no exit wound at less than 90 feet. My question is has anyone else had the same or similar results with an ELDX bullet? I have had this happened several times, only seeing an exit wound occasionally at distances between 150 and 300 yards on lung shots.

Hornady told me the ELD-X was never intended to be used under 400 yards. It was brought about, to satisfy the growing "sport" of Long Range Hunting.

 

[Holycity73]

Hornady told me the ELD-X was never intended to be used under 400 yards. It was brought about, to satisfy the growing "sport" of Long Range Hunting.

I can attest to the success of their intention!

 

[X47guy]

Only eld x I shot that didn't exit was on that 300+ pig.

everything else had exits. All 125 yards and in.

 

[Holycity73]

Only eld x I shot that didn't exit was on that 300+ pig.

everything else had exits. All 125 yards and in.

You shoot grenn box remmys. Don't lah

 

[TRG65]

Shot a small doe this weekend. I use a 338WM for almost all my hunting. The 230 ELDX acted very similar to the 200 SST I had been using before. Exited with a large hole and sprayed blood and bits out both sides. Hit behind the near shoulder quartering away, exited in front of off shoulder. 1 lung was gone, part of the other and a large segment of heart. the exit wound was about 2". Range was 135. Velocity was SLOW I had trued Friday based on 200 and 300 yd data on paper and it would have been about 2600 at the muzzle. Impact would have been about 2400.

 

[X47guy]

You shoot grenn box remmys. Don't lah

shiitttt Winchester power points

 

[jtmpilot]

This trade off between impact velocity and over expansion is not unique to the ELDX bullets. I hit a small bodied South Carolina whitetail at about 75 yds with a 195 Berger out of a 28 Nosler. I know lots of guys use this particular combo for elk sized game with great results, so I expected to get a good exit wound on whitetails even at close range.
I was mistaken. The entrance can be seen well behind the shoulder, so i didn't hit heavy bone on impact. The slug didn't even make it to the far side shoulder. On the bright side, the deer didn't go very far, but the blood trail was virtually nil....glad I didn't have to track him. The other obvious downside is the amount of bloodshot meat...

 

[Canhunter35]

It also possible because the bullet never exited, I'm assuming massive amounts of internal trauma, it was maybe more effective than a bullet that does exit.
Just a thought, although if ur shooting that close there's no reason to use an eldx

 

[Varmiter71]

Here's a photo of the entry hole from the muley I shot this year. No exit hole. Calculated impact velocity was 2386 fps, 270 grain eld-x from a .338 Lapua. Happy I didn't hit him in the shoulder...

I was there when 2 whitetail does were shot with a ruger precision in 338 lapua shooting 285 eldm factory ammo.
One was at 110 yards shot in the neck and the other was at 300 yards shot quartering away in the front shoulder.
Both exited and neither one had as much damage as I thought they would have from reading different forums

 

[gvjm]

I'm on a FB page dedicated to the 6.5 CM. There are a lot of posts complaining and extolling the virtues of ELDX. I believe range has everything to do with its performance. It seems to be very inconsistent. Not what I want in a hunting bullet.

 

[kynjm82]

Cow elk , carcass on left. Exit from 200 gr factory EDLX WSM. 112 yards. Quartering towards me , softball size exit.

 

[Joe Bishop]

Well, I shoot for meat being it elk, deer, antelope or hogs. I never shoot anywhere near the shoulder, I've seen so many blood shot animals I wonder why pull the trigger if you can't put that bullet where it should go? Seconary, use the best bullets for your game, be it Barnes or Hammer.

 

[kynjm82]

That was the hole just in front of back ham. I did shoot her twice , first shot pass through both shoulders , she dropped then jumped up and turned. Hit her the second time to keep her from going down in a nasty gorge she was on edge of.

 

[SteveBurton]

I honestly think this subject has been beaten to death 3 times over. Do your research and pick a bullet designed for the cartridge, distance and game you want to shoot. There is no perfect or "do everything" bullet.

My personal experience with the 143 ELD-X at ranges from 180-630 yards has been perfect with egg sized exit wounds on deer. None have gone more than 30 yards with heavy blood trails.