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<blockquote data-quote="Rymart" data-source="post: 1382510" data-attributes="member: 3688"><p>Two recent data points with the 143 ELD-X and late season cow elk tags.</p><p></p><p>Kill number one was shot by my buddy with a Tikka CTR (20" barrel) in 260 Remington, 2640 fps muzzle velocity. The shot was 440 yards (angle compensated) for steep uphill at a mature cow elk. On the first hit she broke from the herd (went left about 5 yards, herd went right) and stopped, on the second shot she took a couple steps and stopped again, on the third shot she dropped and slid down the mountain. Total elapsed time from the first shot to the third was maybe 15 seconds. When he hiked up to her, she was still alive but couldn't get up and required another shot to finish her off.</p><p></p><p>Upon skinning, the first two hits were behind the shoulder in the chest cavity, slightly high-of-center. Both bullets recovered intact on the offside hide. Good internal damage.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]87314[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>The third shot hit the spine and passed through.</p><p></p><p>Kill number two was shot by my wife with her Custom Defiance Deviant Hunter action in 260 Remington with a 22" Bartlein barrel, 2775 muzzle velocity. The shot was 515 yards uphill at a young, but mature cow elk. The shot was at a fairly steep quartering away angle ( I told my wife to aim for the offside shoulder). On the hit the cow staggered for a few yards trying to follow the herd, but quickly fell behind and started staggering downhill, then laid down. My wife wanted to launch another round, but I told her to hold and only fire if it got back up. Within less than a minute the elk went limp and slid/rolled down the mountain.</p><p></p><p>Upon skinning, the entrance was in the 'belly' center-of-mass. The lungs were pretty damaged and there was a lot of blood and trauma in front of the diaphragm. The bullet exited the ribcage high, just below the spine, and went into the front-offside shoulder. If there was an exit hole, it wasn't noticeable. The front quarters are still hanging in the garage and I suspect we will find the bullet against the hide in the offside shoulder.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rymart, post: 1382510, member: 3688"] Two recent data points with the 143 ELD-X and late season cow elk tags. Kill number one was shot by my buddy with a Tikka CTR (20" barrel) in 260 Remington, 2640 fps muzzle velocity. The shot was 440 yards (angle compensated) for steep uphill at a mature cow elk. On the first hit she broke from the herd (went left about 5 yards, herd went right) and stopped, on the second shot she took a couple steps and stopped again, on the third shot she dropped and slid down the mountain. Total elapsed time from the first shot to the third was maybe 15 seconds. When he hiked up to her, she was still alive but couldn't get up and required another shot to finish her off. Upon skinning, the first two hits were behind the shoulder in the chest cavity, slightly high-of-center. Both bullets recovered intact on the offside hide. Good internal damage. [ATTACH=full]87314[/ATTACH] The third shot hit the spine and passed through. Kill number two was shot by my wife with her Custom Defiance Deviant Hunter action in 260 Remington with a 22" Bartlein barrel, 2775 muzzle velocity. The shot was 515 yards uphill at a young, but mature cow elk. The shot was at a fairly steep quartering away angle ( I told my wife to aim for the offside shoulder). On the hit the cow staggered for a few yards trying to follow the herd, but quickly fell behind and started staggering downhill, then laid down. My wife wanted to launch another round, but I told her to hold and only fire if it got back up. Within less than a minute the elk went limp and slid/rolled down the mountain. Upon skinning, the entrance was in the 'belly' center-of-mass. The lungs were pretty damaged and there was a lot of blood and trauma in front of the diaphragm. The bullet exited the ribcage high, just below the spine, and went into the front-offside shoulder. If there was an exit hole, it wasn't noticeable. The front quarters are still hanging in the garage and I suspect we will find the bullet against the hide in the offside shoulder. [/QUOTE]
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