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6.5 Grendel Hornady Black 123 ELD-M for hunting?
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<blockquote data-quote="Buttermilk" data-source="post: 1516406" data-attributes="member: 5262"><p>[ATTACH]111877[/ATTACH] My son shot a nice buck using the Grendel I built and gave to him. He used a handloaded Hornady 123 SST @ ~2570 fps. 40 yd shot, getting one lung, liver and gut (quartering shot). Bullet may have clipped a twig as it didn't impact at point of aim (was off to the right by ~5"-6"; he did shoot thru some brush).</p><p></p><p>Deer went about 30 yds, laid down and died.</p><p></p><p>Bullet expansion was less than expected, but still showed signs of expansion. Bullet exited and wasn't recovered. If the bullet did indeed clip a twig/limb (the hole he was shooting thru did have some twigs in it), that could have caused the bullet to behave differently than if it didn't clip anything before impacting the buck.</p><p></p><p>We plan to use a different bullet next. The Hornady 123 ELDM and a couple others are on the short list.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Buttermilk, post: 1516406, member: 5262"] [ATTACH]111877[/ATTACH] My son shot a nice buck using the Grendel I built and gave to him. He used a handloaded Hornady 123 SST @ ~2570 fps. 40 yd shot, getting one lung, liver and gut (quartering shot). Bullet may have clipped a twig as it didn’t impact at point of aim (was off to the right by ~5”-6”; he did shoot thru some brush). Deer went about 30 yds, laid down and died. Bullet expansion was less than expected, but still showed signs of expansion. Bullet exited and wasn’t recovered. If the bullet did indeed clip a twig/limb (the hole he was shooting thru did have some twigs in it), that could have caused the bullet to behave differently than if it didn’t clip anything before impacting the buck. We plan to use a different bullet next. The Hornady 123 ELDM and a couple others are on the short list. [/QUOTE]
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