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Hornady ELD-X Official Thread
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<blockquote data-quote="WildRose" data-source="post: 1254932" data-attributes="member: 30902"><p>Well finally did some field testing. Shot a nice 10pt at 450+/- He was walking away quartering slightly left and when he finally gave me enough of a turn I put about center of the last rib and gave it a squeeze.</p><p></p><p>He hit the ground absolutely stone dead without ever even kicking.</p><p></p><p>When I opened him up I find the liver is pretty much gone, lungs too, and on the off side the shoulder is very loose and crackly and getting there it managed to nick the spine enough to apparently render him instantly paralyzed and completely dead within no more than a minute.</p><p></p><p>I found the bullet in about three pieces two of which were still mostly attached, buried on the off side of the shoulder just in the meat and under the skin.</p><p></p><p>For what it's supposed to be I'd rather it stayed together and given me an exit because without the liver and spine damage he could have made a fair effort to get off of my place barring a second shot to down him.</p><p></p><p>Shot placement was exactly what I'd hoped for though so I'm not complaining in the least.</p><p></p><p>This shot was fired from the .300Rum using the 220gr ELDX.</p><p></p><p>Sent pictures to Mario so if he sees this I bet he'll post it.</p><p></p><p></p><p>I also killed one shooting 6.5 143gr from the new Remington 5R II on a big mature doe.</p><p></p><p>She was angling away to my right but finally turned giving me a quartering shot on her left side. I aimed a bit higher because I was unsure of the range which finally proved to be a bit over 450. Bullet entered just between ribs 3-4 from the back and took out the spine for about three inches making a bigger than I"d like exit hole there.</p><p></p><p>I also realize that when you turn that much bone into high velocity shrapnel bigger holes are what you will get.</p><p></p><p>Fortunately I ownly lost maybe 3lbs of meat at most where the backstraps would have been.</p><p></p><p>Bullet is proving to fly ver well at least in my guns and while it won't always exit if you put it through enough bone, nothing I've shot with it has taken so much as a step.</p><p></p><p>I'm mostly hunting on or very near tall CRP grass that's pretty thick so if one does do some running it may be hard to find.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WildRose, post: 1254932, member: 30902"] Well finally did some field testing. Shot a nice 10pt at 450+/- He was walking away quartering slightly left and when he finally gave me enough of a turn I put about center of the last rib and gave it a squeeze. He hit the ground absolutely stone dead without ever even kicking. When I opened him up I find the liver is pretty much gone, lungs too, and on the off side the shoulder is very loose and crackly and getting there it managed to nick the spine enough to apparently render him instantly paralyzed and completely dead within no more than a minute. I found the bullet in about three pieces two of which were still mostly attached, buried on the off side of the shoulder just in the meat and under the skin. For what it's supposed to be I'd rather it stayed together and given me an exit because without the liver and spine damage he could have made a fair effort to get off of my place barring a second shot to down him. Shot placement was exactly what I'd hoped for though so I'm not complaining in the least. This shot was fired from the .300Rum using the 220gr ELDX. Sent pictures to Mario so if he sees this I bet he'll post it. I also killed one shooting 6.5 143gr from the new Remington 5R II on a big mature doe. She was angling away to my right but finally turned giving me a quartering shot on her left side. I aimed a bit higher because I was unsure of the range which finally proved to be a bit over 450. Bullet entered just between ribs 3-4 from the back and took out the spine for about three inches making a bigger than I"d like exit hole there. I also realize that when you turn that much bone into high velocity shrapnel bigger holes are what you will get. Fortunately I ownly lost maybe 3lbs of meat at most where the backstraps would have been. Bullet is proving to fly ver well at least in my guns and while it won't always exit if you put it through enough bone, nothing I've shot with it has taken so much as a step. I'm mostly hunting on or very near tall CRP grass that's pretty thick so if one does do some running it may be hard to find. [/QUOTE]
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