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Hornady ELD-X Official Thread
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<blockquote data-quote="Engineering101" data-source="post: 1152593" data-attributes="member: 63138"><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">stephenr6565</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Hornady says these bullets are good on game down to 1,600 fps. It looks like you proved that they have some margin in that spec as this bullet would have been doing about 1,115 fps with 585 ft lbs energy left. (I assumed you were at 1,570 yards.) </span></span><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Where did you hit the cow? What did it do when hit? How far did the bullet penetrate? How far did the animal travel before dropping?</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">I'm figuring to use this bullet in my 300 RUM where it will fall to the 1,600 fps min that Hornady recommends at about 1,250 yards which is a bit past what I'll need. Now what do I do with all those other bullets I have where the tips will melt?</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"> </span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Engineering101, post: 1152593, member: 63138"] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]stephenr6565[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]Hornady says these bullets are good on game down to 1,600 fps. It looks like you proved that they have some margin in that spec as this bullet would have been doing about 1,115 fps with 585 ft lbs energy left. (I assumed you were at 1,570 yards.) [/FONT][/SIZE][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]Where did you hit the cow? What did it do when hit? How far did the bullet penetrate? How far did the animal travel before dropping?[/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]I'm figuring to use this bullet in my 300 RUM where it will fall to the 1,600 fps min that Hornady recommends at about 1,250 yards which is a bit past what I'll need. Now what do I do with all those other bullets I have where the tips will melt?[/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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