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<blockquote data-quote="QuietTexan" data-source="post: 2048153" data-attributes="member: 116181"><p>Well, I used the 143 ELD-X yesterday. Bergara B-14 Ridge, Vortex Viper HS, SIlencerCo Omega 300.</p><p></p><p>Regrettably it was a neck shot on a fawn at 110 yards. Went in to the top of the spine, I'm assuming shrapnel/ bone fragments is what tore the bottom half of the neck out, but enough of some part of the bullet held together to take out the joint on the front left leg on the pass through. He dropped straight down and never moved.</p><p></p><p>It was a tough deal, someone previously shot out the right front leg just above the joint and it was flopping around terribly as he moved. Never stayed still a second. I was trying to get a cleaner head shot but caught him quartering in just as he dropped his head. It stayed attached but there was no bone connection left at all. The wound on the right leg 100% looked like a bullet wound, and the ranch owner was not happy when he saw it up close. It's a high fenced ranch so he knows who was shooting where the last few days... wouldn't want to be on the receiving end of the talking-to someone is about to get.</p><p></p><p>I was using a fairly mild load of 41.4gr of Superperformance at Hornady book COL 2.800". I loaded up a mid-range load (93% of max per Hornady 10th, not the min because of their goofy tables) just to check the powder, shot 9 rounds under 1MOA at 200 yards on the first try, so I used it for this trip.</p><p></p><p>I also used one of my last Nosler 140gr Partition loads to drop a nice 8 pointer. Hit a rib going in and a rib going out, the exit hole was about twice the size of the entrance hole on the inside of the chest wall. Hit, dashed a dozen steps up a hill, piled up and rolled back down. Nothing really left of his lungs.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="QuietTexan, post: 2048153, member: 116181"] Well, I used the 143 ELD-X yesterday. Bergara B-14 Ridge, Vortex Viper HS, SIlencerCo Omega 300. Regrettably it was a neck shot on a fawn at 110 yards. Went in to the top of the spine, I'm assuming shrapnel/ bone fragments is what tore the bottom half of the neck out, but enough of some part of the bullet held together to take out the joint on the front left leg on the pass through. He dropped straight down and never moved. It was a tough deal, someone previously shot out the right front leg just above the joint and it was flopping around terribly as he moved. Never stayed still a second. I was trying to get a cleaner head shot but caught him quartering in just as he dropped his head. It stayed attached but there was no bone connection left at all. The wound on the right leg 100% looked like a bullet wound, and the ranch owner was not happy when he saw it up close. It's a high fenced ranch so he knows who was shooting where the last few days... wouldn't want to be on the receiving end of the talking-to someone is about to get. I was using a fairly mild load of 41.4gr of Superperformance at Hornady book COL 2.800". I loaded up a mid-range load (93% of max per Hornady 10th, not the min because of their goofy tables) just to check the powder, shot 9 rounds under 1MOA at 200 yards on the first try, so I used it for this trip. I also used one of my last Nosler 140gr Partition loads to drop a nice 8 pointer. Hit a rib going in and a rib going out, the exit hole was about twice the size of the entrance hole on the inside of the chest wall. Hit, dashed a dozen steps up a hill, piled up and rolled back down. Nothing really left of his lungs. [/QUOTE]
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