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Hornady 6.5C 143 ELD-X performance issues
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<blockquote data-quote="TRG65" data-source="post: 2049478" data-attributes="member: 103919"><p>Posted last year about the 6.5 ELD-M performance and had the same results this year. All of the 6.5 ELD-M shots continue to just drop. The lungs get shredded and turned into pulp, but it is not a bullet that gives exits at least not on the deer we have shot. Over the last few years, I have shot several deer with my 338 WM using 200 SST and 230 ELDX (2860 fps). On this year's buck, I didn't even get an exit with the 230 ELDX on my buck. It was a pretty sharp quartering away shot, but there was enough soft tissue for even that big heavy bullet to not come out. On pure broadside or shoulder shots before I've always gotten large exits. Generally one quarter if not two are mostly ruined for meat, but there is no tracking involved. That is my goal and a trade-off I'm willing to make. When there is tracking, it is usually pretty easy. However, this year's buck, even where it was laying, I didn't find blood on the ground other than around its nose and mouth.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TRG65, post: 2049478, member: 103919"] Posted last year about the 6.5 ELD-M performance and had the same results this year. All of the 6.5 ELD-M shots continue to just drop. The lungs get shredded and turned into pulp, but it is not a bullet that gives exits at least not on the deer we have shot. Over the last few years, I have shot several deer with my 338 WM using 200 SST and 230 ELDX (2860 fps). On this year's buck, I didn't even get an exit with the 230 ELDX on my buck. It was a pretty sharp quartering away shot, but there was enough soft tissue for even that big heavy bullet to not come out. On pure broadside or shoulder shots before I've always gotten large exits. Generally one quarter if not two are mostly ruined for meat, but there is no tracking involved. That is my goal and a trade-off I'm willing to make. When there is tracking, it is usually pretty easy. However, this year's buck, even where it was laying, I didn't find blood on the ground other than around its nose and mouth. [/QUOTE]
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