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