Crowe284
Well-Known Member
So, since the 140 amax was discontinued I developed a very good load with my 6.5 CM that holds 1/2 MOA to 1k with an ES of 5 across a magnetospeed v3 on 10 cold bore shots doing 2721 fps average mv. I killed tons of deer with the creed and the a max with devistating results out to 900 yds. The very vast majority were bang flop high shoulder shots with tremendous internal trauma. On shots where I missed wind and hit deer through the lungs, it would always leave a huge hole, dump all energy in animal and cause lungs to look like they had been blown up with a cherry bomb firecracker leaving blood trails that looked like they came out of a horror movie. Loved those bullets. So on to this season with the 143 eldx. For descriptive purposes, I am killing south Texas deer that have ranged from 80 lbs to 190 lbs live weight at distances from 233 yards to 844 yds over 14 animals with the average shot being 520 yards (I keep a log).
Although dead is dead and I have recovered all animals shot, the terminal performance of the eldx has not impressed me. The internal damage created is 1/4 of the a max. On shots without an exit the wound cavity was very small...size of a walnut in most instances. Thank god the majority have dropped in their tracks from high shoulder shots or I probably would have had a very hard time finding the deer as I am color blind and rely on good blood...or my dog to trail. On shots that found the softer lung area, I am getting exit wounds out to 606 yds that are just barely bigger than the entrance hole with minimal blood. Obviously dead is dead but I prefer devistating performance out of long range bullets and much prefer the amax or Berger VLD over the eldx thus far. I have ordered some eld m bullets and will be trying them to see if wounding capability is better.
All of these bullets have been out of same lot. Intrested to hear others experience with the eld x and eld m. Maybe I got a batch with very thick jackets...or maybe that's just how they are going to work. Really disappointed with this bullet and hope that the eld m behaves more like the a max or I will be shooting Bergers out of this rifle from now on.
Although dead is dead and I have recovered all animals shot, the terminal performance of the eldx has not impressed me. The internal damage created is 1/4 of the a max. On shots without an exit the wound cavity was very small...size of a walnut in most instances. Thank god the majority have dropped in their tracks from high shoulder shots or I probably would have had a very hard time finding the deer as I am color blind and rely on good blood...or my dog to trail. On shots that found the softer lung area, I am getting exit wounds out to 606 yds that are just barely bigger than the entrance hole with minimal blood. Obviously dead is dead but I prefer devistating performance out of long range bullets and much prefer the amax or Berger VLD over the eldx thus far. I have ordered some eld m bullets and will be trying them to see if wounding capability is better.
All of these bullets have been out of same lot. Intrested to hear others experience with the eld x and eld m. Maybe I got a batch with very thick jackets...or maybe that's just how they are going to work. Really disappointed with this bullet and hope that the eld m behaves more like the a max or I will be shooting Bergers out of this rifle from now on.
