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New sierra game changer vs hornady eld-x
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<blockquote data-quote="mudygmc" data-source="post: 1532904" data-attributes="member: 57931"><p>I have shot both bullets but in different calibers. I will hands down take the eld-x over the game changer. I have only shot deer and coyote with either bullet. Deer from 245-890yds with the eld-x in 300wm and 6.5 creedmoor. And coyote from 2-450yds with the creedmoor. 300wm is shooting the 212s at 2930fps. Every deer shot dropped in its tracks. The 890yd buck stepped back a step stood for 5 seconds and dropped. The 6.5 is shooting 143s at 2850. Everything dropped instantly. Both guns shoot 1/4moa on a good day and 1/2moa easily. I tried the eld-x in my 7saum. I never got the accuracy I wanted. .75-1moa was the best I could do. I tried some sierras. The TMKs were amazing. 1/4moa with 3rd load i tried. MKs were 1/2moa. GCs were 1/2-3/4moa. Since this was going to be my elk rifle I figured I would go with the GCs vs a MK or TMK target bullet. Figured it would hold together better if a shoulder was hit. I had the 165 GCs going 3036fps for my highest accuracy node. I didn't end up shooting an elk but did shoot a couple deer. The first buck was broadside at 556yds. 1st shot went through the heart. The buck took off running. Not 100% sure what happened and not being able to see the impact. I shot again when he was on the run. I hit low and took out both front legs somehow. The buck was still jumping around so I shot him again in the neck which dropped him. He might have ran 100yds and dropped after the 1st shot but I didn't know and didn't want to chance anything. The second buck was a quick shot when paused for a second at 245yds, I shot offhand and blew him off his feet. He flopped to the ground and played their kicking. About 10 seconds later he got up and trotted away. I tracked blood for over 300yds and followed tracks for another 400yds. I lost him after that. An hour later the deer walked past a buddy I was hunting with. We had texted back and forth about what had happened with the deer. He knew it was the right buck and it had blood on his side behind the shoulder. He shot the buck and dropped it. When we skun the deer the bullet holes were less than 2in apart behind the shoulder. We boned out the deer and I didn't open it up to see what all was destroyed. Both bullet holes should have easily put down the deer. 25ft behind him from where I shot him you could see a bullet path in the snow where the bullet went straight through. I assume the bullets were not opening up and blowing through. The GCs shot decent and might be great for larger game. I'm not sure. But I was not satisfied with how they performed for me and will not be shooting them again. I ordered some Hammer hunters to try in my 7saum for elk. I will see how I can get them to shoot.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mudygmc, post: 1532904, member: 57931"] I have shot both bullets but in different calibers. I will hands down take the eld-x over the game changer. I have only shot deer and coyote with either bullet. Deer from 245-890yds with the eld-x in 300wm and 6.5 creedmoor. And coyote from 2-450yds with the creedmoor. 300wm is shooting the 212s at 2930fps. Every deer shot dropped in its tracks. The 890yd buck stepped back a step stood for 5 seconds and dropped. The 6.5 is shooting 143s at 2850. Everything dropped instantly. Both guns shoot 1/4moa on a good day and 1/2moa easily. I tried the eld-x in my 7saum. I never got the accuracy I wanted. .75-1moa was the best I could do. I tried some sierras. The TMKs were amazing. 1/4moa with 3rd load i tried. MKs were 1/2moa. GCs were 1/2-3/4moa. Since this was going to be my elk rifle I figured I would go with the GCs vs a MK or TMK target bullet. Figured it would hold together better if a shoulder was hit. I had the 165 GCs going 3036fps for my highest accuracy node. I didn't end up shooting an elk but did shoot a couple deer. The first buck was broadside at 556yds. 1st shot went through the heart. The buck took off running. Not 100% sure what happened and not being able to see the impact. I shot again when he was on the run. I hit low and took out both front legs somehow. The buck was still jumping around so I shot him again in the neck which dropped him. He might have ran 100yds and dropped after the 1st shot but I didn't know and didn't want to chance anything. The second buck was a quick shot when paused for a second at 245yds, I shot offhand and blew him off his feet. He flopped to the ground and played their kicking. About 10 seconds later he got up and trotted away. I tracked blood for over 300yds and followed tracks for another 400yds. I lost him after that. An hour later the deer walked past a buddy I was hunting with. We had texted back and forth about what had happened with the deer. He knew it was the right buck and it had blood on his side behind the shoulder. He shot the buck and dropped it. When we skun the deer the bullet holes were less than 2in apart behind the shoulder. We boned out the deer and I didn't open it up to see what all was destroyed. Both bullet holes should have easily put down the deer. 25ft behind him from where I shot him you could see a bullet path in the snow where the bullet went straight through. I assume the bullets were not opening up and blowing through. The GCs shot decent and might be great for larger game. I'm not sure. But I was not satisfied with how they performed for me and will not be shooting them again. I ordered some Hammer hunters to try in my 7saum for elk. I will see how I can get them to shoot. [/QUOTE]
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