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<blockquote data-quote="cajun" data-source="post: 1987120" data-attributes="member: 9772"><p>"Take a hunting bullet and put it in the same location as the match and you will get a quicker more humane kill" I really hate blanket statements. Shoot a critter in the lungs at 600 yds with a barnes and an 162 gr eld and see which one dies faster.I have personally shot critters in the lungs with a barnes ttsx and seen them run hundreds of yards. With the eld it's bang flop. Look I'm an old school nosler guy. Partitions, ballistic tips. The old ballistic tips had a bad reputation for blowing up on hard bone contact. So Nosler thickened the jacket design. Before they made the change I never had a deer take a step shot with an 06 and 150 gr BT. Now they penetrate better but the DRT numbers went way down. For a guy that hunts close to property lines that can be important. Some of our swamps and thickets down south make finding critters tuff. Really the eldx is the eldm with a slightly thicker jacket at the base and an interlock ring. It will retain more of it's weight which can be a plus up close or a limiting factor down range. Truth is at longer distances the eldm actually has better terminal performance.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cajun, post: 1987120, member: 9772"] “Take a hunting bullet and put it in the same location as the match and you will get a quicker more humane kill” I really hate blanket statements. Shoot a critter in the lungs at 600 yds with a barnes and an 162 gr eld and see which one dies faster.I have personally shot critters in the lungs with a barnes ttsx and seen them run hundreds of yards. With the eld it’s bang flop. Look I’m an old school nosler guy. Partitions, ballistic tips. The old ballistic tips had a bad reputation for blowing up on hard bone contact. So Nosler thickened the jacket design. Before they made the change I never had a deer take a step shot with an 06 and 150 gr BT. Now they penetrate better but the DRT numbers went way down. For a guy that hunts close to property lines that can be important. Some of our swamps and thickets down south make finding critters tuff. Really the eldx is the eldm with a slightly thicker jacket at the base and an interlock ring. It will retain more of it’s weight which can be a plus up close or a limiting factor down range. Truth is at longer distances the eldm actually has better terminal performance. [/QUOTE]
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