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168 grain berger or 175 lrab
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<blockquote data-quote="PowellSixO" data-source="post: 1483301" data-attributes="member: 66495"><p>I have more faith in the ELDX than I do in the berger. I've killed 2 bull elk, and 4 deer with the bergers, and not 1 exit hole. Never recovered a piece of bullet bigger than 10 grains out of any of them either. I was lucky and never encountered any big bones with the berger. I'm not completly against berger, just trying something that I feel will be better. The design is almost the same as the berger, with the addition of a more consistent bullet tip, better BC, and interlock ring to help keep the bullet base together. The bergers have always been finicky with seating depth for me, where as the ELDX shoots anywhere. So far I have my 7 mag (175 eldx), and 7 saum (162 eldx) hitting consistent moa groups out to 1000 yards with absolutely no issues (several sub moa groups too, but not every group). I have not killed anything but steel or paper with them yet, but feel confident that they will do the trick. I have a mule deer hunt in a week and a half in Idaho where I hope I can kill a buck with the 7 mag, and my little brother can kill a buck with my 7 Saum. I'll be sure to report. After I return, I have a coues deer hunt at the end of October, where I hope to test one of the rifles again. </p><p></p><p>Here are some long range bullets that show the internals. The interlock ring is hard to see in the picture. </p><p></p><p>Barnes LRX, Nosler Accubond Long Range, Berger VLD, and Hornady ELDX</p><p></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]105772[/ATTACH] </p><p></p><p>Interlock Ring of ELDX.</p><p></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]105773[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PowellSixO, post: 1483301, member: 66495"] I have more faith in the ELDX than I do in the berger. I've killed 2 bull elk, and 4 deer with the bergers, and not 1 exit hole. Never recovered a piece of bullet bigger than 10 grains out of any of them either. I was lucky and never encountered any big bones with the berger. I'm not completly against berger, just trying something that I feel will be better. The design is almost the same as the berger, with the addition of a more consistent bullet tip, better BC, and interlock ring to help keep the bullet base together. The bergers have always been finicky with seating depth for me, where as the ELDX shoots anywhere. So far I have my 7 mag (175 eldx), and 7 saum (162 eldx) hitting consistent moa groups out to 1000 yards with absolutely no issues (several sub moa groups too, but not every group). I have not killed anything but steel or paper with them yet, but feel confident that they will do the trick. I have a mule deer hunt in a week and a half in Idaho where I hope I can kill a buck with the 7 mag, and my little brother can kill a buck with my 7 Saum. I'll be sure to report. After I return, I have a coues deer hunt at the end of October, where I hope to test one of the rifles again. Here are some long range bullets that show the internals. The interlock ring is hard to see in the picture. Barnes LRX, Nosler Accubond Long Range, Berger VLD, and Hornady ELDX [ATTACH=full]105772[/ATTACH] Interlock Ring of ELDX. [ATTACH=full]105773[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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