May be a dumb question but I have a pile of these and my Tikka build in 7Rem Mag shoots a particular loaded really well. Can I hunt with these? Or is that a bad idea? This is all still new to me coming from bow hunting.
175 Grain ELD-X for hunting?
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Varmint Hunter
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All ELD-X bullets are designed for hunting. The ELD-M bullets are designed for match. However, people do interchange them.
highfinblue
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I shoot the 143's out of my CM and they are instant death for a whitetail within 400 yards, haven't shot one past that, but watched every one hit the ground inside that.
I think I might've gotten the two confused. I think I have the Eld-M match bullets and wondering if those would work on deer and hogs. But looks like some guys have used them effectively.
BrentM
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I used the 147 ELD M for a quite a few years and had excellent success. Before I got into Bergers and hornady "match" bullets I didn't think they would work. I had good success with berger but excellent results with hornady ELD. Most of my kills were wolves, 15 with match bullets, 2 with arrows..... but the match bullets did an excellent job on wolves, coyotes, mountain lion, and a few deer.
I shot the 175's in my LRM for four or five years. Never had an issue at all. Some people have had some issues with the ELD-X but my experience, at least with the 175's was all good. I was shooting them right at 3000 FPS. Most animals were bang, flop.
rellison312
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I've had great success with 140 ELDM's on several antelope.
Leaf Litter
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Keep your impact velocity under 3K fps and don't try to shoot through bone (shoulders) and you'll be fine with the ELD-X or ELD-M. They will NOT shoot through bone heavier than ribs in a way that gives consistent results.
I will second this. Do not shoot for the shoulder. I was with a buddy hunting in New Zealand this year and he was shooting a 6.5 PRC with 143 ELD-X and took two shoulder shots, both over 400 yards, and neither penetrated or dispatched he animal. One was a Tahr and one was a Red Stag. Follow up shots were necessary on both. I always aim for the boiler room and have never had an issue with the 175's but they are the only ELD-X bullets that I have shot.
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Bud LaRoche
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highfinblue
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hogs are definitely tougher and I have not shot any with them, only experience is with deer, but they cannot take them when they are well placed
hawk-i
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Worked good on 2 moose last year for the wife and I ... ymmv
