28 nosler 175 eldx

[Mt.Boy]

Having a 28 nosler built. And throated for 180s. Just wondered if any one is using the 175 eldx in their 28. Will mostly be used for hunting. Shots from 100yds to around 8 or 900. And a little bit for shooting steel. Thank you

 

[Mt.Boy]

Anyone ?

 

[sedancowboy]

I am shooting the 175 ELD-X with RL-26 good SDs and good accuracy. 3212 fps. I killed a coyote at 718 yds.

 

[Mt.Boy]

Thanks for the info.Do they seem to preform well on bigger game.

 

[sedancowboy]

I am kinda of a 2 holes guy but my buddy shot a mule deer with a CA 28 Nosler at 500 yds and the 175 ELD-X did not exit. The deer did not move so dead is dead.

 

[Mt.Boy]

Thanks for the info. I am all about 2 holes to

 

[quarterman]

Ive been using them for two seasons now with retumbo and mine are averaging 3180 at the muzzle, I ve shot 7 animals so far 2 coyotes 1 which was at 510 yards( very impressive damage, like shooting a gopher) 2 mule deer a white tail, a black bear, all between 100 yards and 300 yards and a bull elk at 462 yards. The bullet went through both shoulders and stopped against the hide on the far side, the bullet exited on one of the mulies and the white tail. I personally don't care if a bullet exits or not as long as the animal dies on the spot, everything I have shot with a 175 eld x as died on the spot. In my opinion its a great big game bullet, Just my 2 cents

 

[FIGJAM]

Ive been using them for two seasons now with retumbo and mine are averaging 3180 at the muzzle, I ve shot 7 animals so far 2 coyotes 1 which was at 510 yards( very impressive damage, like shooting a gopher) 2 mule deer a white tail, a black bear, all between 100 yards and 300 yards and a bull elk at 462 yards. The bullet went through both shoulders and stopped against the hide on the far side, the bullet exited on one of the mulies and the white tail. I personally don't care if a bullet exits or not as long as the animal dies on the spot, everything I have shot with a 175 eld x as died on the spot. In my opinion its a great big game bullet, Just my 2 cents

I agree - why are two holes so important to some people? Dead is dead. I couldn't care less if a bullet doesn't pass through.

 

[Mt.Boy]

Ive been using them for two seasons now with retumbo and mine are averaging 3180 at the muzzle, I ve shot 7 animals so far 2 coyotes 1 which was at 510 yards( very impressive damage, like shooting a gopher) 2 mule deer a white tail, a black bear, all between 100 yards and 300 yards and a bull elk at 462 yards. The bullet went through both shoulders and stopped against the hide on the far side, the bullet exited on one of the mulies and the white tail. I personally don't care if a bullet exits or not as long as the animal dies on the spot, everything I have shot with a 175 eld x as died on the spot. In my opinion its a great big game bullet, Just my 2 cents

Thank you. That's great info.. Do they seem to stay together or do they fragment bad. Thanks again

 

[zcarglen]

I have a Fierce Edge in 28 Nosler which I first used on elk this season. My worked up handload for the 175 ELDX is 75gr of H1000 30thou off the lands running at about 3150ft/sec. Although this is the start load on the Nosler reloading sheet, it proved to be the most accurate. I was lucky to be able to try the load out on two elk, a cow at 400 yds. and a bull closer to 450. The broadside cow took one in the engine room and didn't make more than a couple of steps with two holes in her. The bull was slightly quartering and I hit high on the shoulder and he was anchored but not dead. However the bullet was recovered under the skin opoosite and had penetrated both shoulders. The shock trauma had paralysed him, but if it wasn't for poor shooting, would have been lethal. The ELDX had retained about 45% of it's weight so it did it's job. Because of it's unbonded cup and core design, though, I am going to try the bonded Nosler ABLR.
In qualifying this post, I feel like this combo would be good in my hands out to 500yds, although 700 would be my eventual goal. Thanks for reading.

 

[Mt.Boy]

Thank You great info. I will be using it for whitetail and black bear. So the eldx would probably work well. If meat damage isn't to bad

 

[Gamesniper19]

Having a 28 nosler built. And throated for 180s. Just wondered if any one is using the 175 eldx in their 28. Will mostly be used for hunting. Shots from 100yds to around 8 or 900. And a little bit for shooting steel. Thank you

I run 212 ELDX in my 30 nosler with fantastic results. Ok so its not the 175 ELDX I know but it as close as I can get to helping. I run 82.1 grains Retumbo and get 2935 FPS with a 26 inch 8.44 twist barrel. This is important if you have not already specified the barrel twist you want in your 7MM. You may want a tighter twist to help stabilize longer larger bullets. 8.5 twist has gotten a lot of good results.
If you are open to a non-bonded bullet, I am using the 195 Berger Extreme Hunter in my 7MM but that may be overkill for shots under 800 yards - with its length and crazy high BC...it kills stuff dead though.

 

[Jgotro]

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[Mt.Boy]

I run 212 ELDX in my 30 nosler with fantastic results. Ok so its not the 175 ELDX I know but it as close as I can get to helping. I run 82.1 grains Retumbo and get 2935 FPS with a 26 inch 8.44 twist barrel. This is important if you have not already specified the barrel twist you want in your 7MM. You may want a tighter twist to help stabilize longer larger bullets. 8.5 twist has gotten a lot of good results.
If you are open to a non-bonded bullet, I am using the 195 Berger Extreme Hunter in my 7MM but that may be overkill for shots under 800 yards - with its length and crazy high BC...it kills stuff dead though.

Thanks for the info. I have a 1-9 twist. It should stabilize them fine shouldn't it??