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Hornady ELD-X Official Thread
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<blockquote data-quote="TXAoudadKlr" data-source="post: 1236030" data-attributes="member: 67390"><p>The next morning we went to a different location to see what else was moving around. around 7:40 I spotted a herd just 70 yards away down and left of us in the canyon. I spotted through the bush what I thought was the biggest of the bunch that I could see. It was my turn to shoot but I decided to let Derek have another go. With no shot available we waited for him to move down further or to the right. What seemed like a while was only about a minute or two a monster came around and in front of the bush. I got extremely excited I told Derek get on him to which his reply was which one to which I replied the f###ing big one. He called out on him and right when I told him to send it the shot rang out and I watched the big ram drop where he stood just 72 yards away. All said and done the ram weighed 305 pounds and had 30" horns and 13" bases. We struggled to load him up but we got it done. Shot was roughly the same as the last right in the shoulder/neck junction.</p><p></p><p>Thing got interesting for me, the round did not exit which I was surprised but not at the same time. We got the hide off and opened him up some brushing was present on the entry side lung keep in mind the round didn't go in to the chest cavity, it was just forward of it. Things got even more interesting when we pulled off the shoulders and there was no hold present on the other side. The round went in on the first 1/3 of the shoulder looking at it Right to left through the shoulder blade and stopped half way into the vertebrae and broke a couple of the in half left and right of the hole. That was around .5" diameter. I managed to recover what's left of the bullet. I'll have to measure and weigh it when I get home.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TXAoudadKlr, post: 1236030, member: 67390"] The next morning we went to a different location to see what else was moving around. around 7:40 I spotted a herd just 70 yards away down and left of us in the canyon. I spotted through the bush what I thought was the biggest of the bunch that I could see. It was my turn to shoot but I decided to let Derek have another go. With no shot available we waited for him to move down further or to the right. What seemed like a while was only about a minute or two a monster came around and in front of the bush. I got extremely excited I told Derek get on him to which his reply was which one to which I replied the f###ing big one. He called out on him and right when I told him to send it the shot rang out and I watched the big ram drop where he stood just 72 yards away. All said and done the ram weighed 305 pounds and had 30" horns and 13" bases. We struggled to load him up but we got it done. Shot was roughly the same as the last right in the shoulder/neck junction. Thing got interesting for me, the round did not exit which I was surprised but not at the same time. We got the hide off and opened him up some brushing was present on the entry side lung keep in mind the round didn't go in to the chest cavity, it was just forward of it. Things got even more interesting when we pulled off the shoulders and there was no hold present on the other side. The round went in on the first 1/3 of the shoulder looking at it Right to left through the shoulder blade and stopped half way into the vertebrae and broke a couple of the in half left and right of the hole. That was around .5" diameter. I managed to recover what's left of the bullet. I'll have to measure and weigh it when I get home. [/QUOTE]
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