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<blockquote data-quote="codyadams" data-source="post: 2302422" data-attributes="member: 87243"><p>Had the same thing happen on an elk at 713 yards using the 147 eld-m out of a .260 AI at 3040 fps, slight quartering to hit, facing to the right. Went in about half an inch behind the on side elbow, should have exited about 6" behind the off side shoulder. Upon entering, it took a hard turn to the left, only hit the rear of the on side lung, went into the guts, missed the liver, and was under the hide on the off side hind quarter. The cow ran for about a mile, with zero blood trail, only reason I found her was the fresh snow. When I got to her, there was no exit wound to leave blood, and the entrance only had a dribble of white foam coming out. I have the hit on video so the angle can be seen, and photos on the entrance, so solid proof of the bullet doing this. And because of that, I will never use them on game again. It worked out on your critter, which is really good, but when a bullet goes random places other than where you put it after impact, I consider it a failure. I shot 12 other critters with them that season, with two other failures to expand, those were at 940 yards on pronghorn, so not an easy test media, as there isn't much on a goat to open a bullet, and low 2000 fps impact range doesn't help, but still a pencil hole. That was also documented too. </p><p></p><p>However, that was the eld-m, not the eld-x.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="codyadams, post: 2302422, member: 87243"] Had the same thing happen on an elk at 713 yards using the 147 eld-m out of a .260 AI at 3040 fps, slight quartering to hit, facing to the right. Went in about half an inch behind the on side elbow, should have exited about 6" behind the off side shoulder. Upon entering, it took a hard turn to the left, only hit the rear of the on side lung, went into the guts, missed the liver, and was under the hide on the off side hind quarter. The cow ran for about a mile, with zero blood trail, only reason I found her was the fresh snow. When I got to her, there was no exit wound to leave blood, and the entrance only had a dribble of white foam coming out. I have the hit on video so the angle can be seen, and photos on the entrance, so solid proof of the bullet doing this. And because of that, I will never use them on game again. It worked out on your critter, which is really good, but when a bullet goes random places other than where you put it after impact, I consider it a failure. I shot 12 other critters with them that season, with two other failures to expand, those were at 940 yards on pronghorn, so not an easy test media, as there isn't much on a goat to open a bullet, and low 2000 fps impact range doesn't help, but still a pencil hole. That was also documented too. However, that was the eld-m, not the eld-x. [/QUOTE]
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