Hornady ELD Match

[brandonc46]

Please no smartass answers about using match bullets for hunting. Anyway, has anyone used the new Hornady ELD Match bullets on game, such as pigs, whitetail, or muleys? I have 100 of the 208 grainers I plan on loading up for my .300 Win mag. Any input would be great.

Thanks, Brandon

 

[redbullitt]

I would have no issue using them on pigs or whitetail. No mule deer experience though.

I have shot a lot of whitetail with a 178 amax at 2600 FPS from a 308. Distance from 15 yards to 560 yards. All performed just fine. No massive fragmentation or anything like that. Most all shots were heart/lung. Generally between a quarter and half dollar sized exit wound. The very close shots, say within 25 yards did not exit.

I have had the same experience with the 140 amax at 2725 from a 260 rem.

That said, I have been shooting some of the new ELD bullets and accuracy is great. I hope to do a little whitetail hunting with them this year.

 

[jpd676]

No experience with the 208 ELD-M but I shoot the 208 amax in .308, 300wsm and 300wm. I have killed plenty of deer and or elk with each rifle. From what I understand, the ELD-M is the Amax with a different tip. When my pile of Amax's dry up I will switch to the ELD-M's.

 

[Creedmoor shooter]

I wouldn't hesitate to fling the eld-match at deer sized game. My family and I have taken quite a few deer with the old A-max and it never failed us. Devastating results! The eld-m is basically a slightly redesigned A-max. Im running the eld-m in a 6.5 and a 7mm RM right now for targets wth good results and will be using them for deer/black bear this fall.