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If a 100y tracking job in Indiana requires luck, then sure.
The 124 HH have been excellent out of my 6.5x47. You won't be disappointed.Again, thanks for all the responses! Definitely seeing some mixed results. I opted to use the Barnes Long Range bullet for this year but never got the chance to test out the terminal performance. All I saw was a coyote, two spotted fawned, and a lactating nursing doe.
Also picked up some Hammer Absolute Hunters but didn't have time to work up a load before leaving. Will hopefully resolve that issue once I find some Varget powdey. May try some of the Accubond as well.
Again thanks for all the replies and I'll report back my
I recovered all the deer I shot with the 143gr eldx and have zero confidence in there design.zero blood and complete jacket separation.I demand a better performing bullet and it looks like the Terminal Ascent is the way to goSo, in the deer you recovered the bullet performed well, but the one's that you never found, you blame the bullet?
There is no evidence here to blame the bullet. You have to hit them correctly before they die. If you double lung one or penetrate the heart, they will die quickly, no matter what cartridge you hit them with. If you had tracked one a mile and recovered it with a well placed shot and then could report on bullet performance, then you might have something. You have dead deer and wounded deer that ran away, that's far from good evidence of bullet failure.
I would say if you recovered all the deer that is a success. There is no free lunch. Look at the pictures of the long range impacts with the terminal ascent. If a bullet holds together at short, medium range it's not going to have as much expansion at longer ranges.I recovered all the deer I shot with the 143gr eldx and have zero confidence in there design.zero blood and complete jacket separation.I demand a better performing bullet and it looks like the Terminal Ascent is the way to go
I have not tested the terminal ascent on deer pass 500 yards yet but will very soon .I would much rather have a bullet that stayed together and got complete penetration for a good blood trail with decent expansion than a bullet that's blows up where the animal runs off with no blood trail and maybe not enough penetration through a shoulder to get to the vitals .shoot what you have confidence in and you gun likes .I have yet to shoot a gun that doesn't like eldx bullets but I have not much confidence in them from real world experience.might not be a big fan of terminal ascent if they act like barns bullets at long rangeI would say if you recovered all the deer that is a success. There is no free lunch. Look at the pictures of the long range impacts with the terminal ascent. If a bullet holds together at short, medium range it's not going to have as much expansion at longer ranges.
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When you have to grid search for deer instead of following a blood trail I would say that they have failedI would say if you recovered all the deer that is a success. There is no free lunch. Look at the pictures of the long range impacts with the terminal ascent. If a bullet holds together at short, medium range it's not going to have as much expansion at longer ranges.
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If you look at the long range expansion pictures of the terminal ascent it looks like typical barnes performance to me.I have not tested the terminal ascent on deer pass 500 yards yet but will very soon .I would much rather have a bullet that stayed together and got complete penetration for a good blood trail with decent expansion than a bullet that's blows up where the animal runs off with no blood trail and maybe not enough penetration through a shoulder to get to the vitals .shoot what you have confidence in and you gun likes .I have yet to shoot a gun that doesn't like eldx bullets but I have not much confidence in them from real world experience.might not be a big fan of terminal ascent if they act like barns bullets at long range