Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
Articles
Latest reviews
Author list
Classifieds
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles and first posts only
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Forums
Rifles, Reloading, Optics, Equipment
Rifles, Bullets, Barrels & Ballistics
208 ELDM for elk
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="mack1" data-source="post: 2741564" data-attributes="member: 126126"><p>I've just returned from South Africa. For three years now after coming up with a perfect load of of what I would describe a perfect load of ELDX bullet 212 Grain in my 30-378. I'm shooting out of a custom rifle with a 28 inch carbon fiber barrel and getting 3300 ft./s with perfect accuracy using each 50 BMG powder 214.1 grains. I have killed three Elk in with it all shot between 350 and 444 yards. Each were heart lung shots and only one of the three elk was not a complete pass through the bullet showed hi amount of fragmentation and complete jacket lead separation but because this rifle shoots a 1/3 to 1/4 minute of angle group, I took it to South Africa. There are shot multiple blue wildebeest, black, Willder beast, how to best, kudu, England, water, buck, In every case shots were 202, -430 yards all shots were chest and lung heart. All virtual, immediate complete kills, however, only one pass real on a black wildebeest, the bullets highly fragment and I have zero faith that they would penetrate a shoulder or humerus bone on any of these animals, and still reliably reach vital organs as the bullets were so fragmented I believe that I've been absolutely lucky on elk, and was certainly lucky in Africa, and realized very quickly, after attempting a shoulder shot on a three-quarter black wildebeest that anything other than a perfect heart and lung shot is unethical and ill-advised I do not consider an ELDX 212 grain bullet to be a reliable bullet in any shape way or form in that high velocity cartridge and will be switching to Barnes solids as I do not expect to remain as lucky as I've been and believe that a Barnes 208 grain L RX, bullet or a hammer bullet would be better. It's unfortunate as I spent much time loading the ELD ex bullets and tuning them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mack1, post: 2741564, member: 126126"] I’ve just returned from South Africa. For three years now after coming up with a perfect load of of what I would describe a perfect load of ELDX bullet 212 Grain in my 30-378. I’m shooting out of a custom rifle with a 28 inch carbon fiber barrel and getting 3300 ft./s with perfect accuracy using each 50 BMG powder 214.1 grains. I have killed three Elk in with it all shot between 350 and 444 yards. Each were heart lung shots and only one of the three elk was not a complete pass through the bullet showed hi amount of fragmentation and complete jacket lead separation but because this rifle shoots a 1/3 to 1/4 minute of angle group, I took it to South Africa. There are shot multiple blue wildebeest, black, Willder beast, how to best, kudu, England, water, buck, In every case shots were 202, -430 yards all shots were chest and lung heart. All virtual, immediate complete kills, however, only one pass real on a black wildebeest, the bullets highly fragment and I have zero faith that they would penetrate a shoulder or humerus bone on any of these animals, and still reliably reach vital organs as the bullets were so fragmented I believe that I’ve been absolutely lucky on elk, and was certainly lucky in Africa, and realized very quickly, after attempting a shoulder shot on a three-quarter black wildebeest that anything other than a perfect heart and lung shot is unethical and ill-advised I do not consider an ELDX 212 grain bullet to be a reliable bullet in any shape way or form in that high velocity cartridge and will be switching to Barnes solids as I do not expect to remain as lucky as I’ve been and believe that a Barnes 208 grain L RX, bullet or a hammer bullet would be better. It’s unfortunate as I spent much time loading the ELD ex bullets and tuning them. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Rifles, Reloading, Optics, Equipment
Rifles, Bullets, Barrels & Ballistics
208 ELDM for elk
Top