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Hornady 143 gr ELD X Terminal Performance Report
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<blockquote data-quote="PBramble" data-source="post: 1382968" data-attributes="member: 103823"><p>I've killed four deer total with them. Deer one: 125ish yard shot, blew straight through. Small hole in, small hole out. Second shot 65 yards in the neck, small hole in the left side, blew a fist sized chunk out of the front. I was confused by the shift in direction (90 degrees to the left) and never really thought about it after that. Fast forward to this year. 260-70 yard shot quartering away. Small hole slightly back from the near shoulder, not much damage to the meat. Far side shoulder shattered with massive amounts of trauma under the shoulder blade. He ran. Second shot hit in the ribs, no exit, but his gut was ripped open and hanging out. That one dropped him. I was shooting forward, yet again trauma occurred in the opposite direction of bullet travel. Next deer, shot quartering towards me, 120 yards. Small hole in front of the left shoulder. The bullet traveled to the far rib cage. Jelled lungs and massive amounts of trauma along the far ribs. No exit. Next deer, shot head on, 200 yards. Bullet seemed to have exploded on impact and dug a trench in his chest about 10 inches long, removing enough meat to expose the lungs. When hit, he did a back flip and landed on his back, scrambled to his feet and ran. Finished him with a pistol when we got to him. In every case that the bullet did not exit, nothing was recovered. There seemed to be nothing to find. I'm not sure if I'm happy with the amount of damage I've seen, but they seem to do what they were designed for. I can say they left wayyyy less particles of lead than my .308 shooting traditional lead nosed bullets.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PBramble, post: 1382968, member: 103823"] I've killed four deer total with them. Deer one: 125ish yard shot, blew straight through. Small hole in, small hole out. Second shot 65 yards in the neck, small hole in the left side, blew a fist sized chunk out of the front. I was confused by the shift in direction (90 degrees to the left) and never really thought about it after that. Fast forward to this year. 260-70 yard shot quartering away. Small hole slightly back from the near shoulder, not much damage to the meat. Far side shoulder shattered with massive amounts of trauma under the shoulder blade. He ran. Second shot hit in the ribs, no exit, but his gut was ripped open and hanging out. That one dropped him. I was shooting forward, yet again trauma occurred in the opposite direction of bullet travel. Next deer, shot quartering towards me, 120 yards. Small hole in front of the left shoulder. The bullet traveled to the far rib cage. Jelled lungs and massive amounts of trauma along the far ribs. No exit. Next deer, shot head on, 200 yards. Bullet seemed to have exploded on impact and dug a trench in his chest about 10 inches long, removing enough meat to expose the lungs. When hit, he did a back flip and landed on his back, scrambled to his feet and ran. Finished him with a pistol when we got to him. In every case that the bullet did not exit, nothing was recovered. There seemed to be nothing to find. I'm not sure if I'm happy with the amount of damage I've seen, but they seem to do what they were designed for. I can say they left wayyyy less particles of lead than my .308 shooting traditional lead nosed bullets. [/QUOTE]
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