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Looking at the latest crop of 6.5mm long range hunting bullets . . . what holds up to high speed impacts?
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<blockquote data-quote="Hespco" data-source="post: 1997258" data-attributes="member: 109476"><p>Last season I shot a good size muley buck at about 80 yds. Shot was angled a bit catching the very back edge of the right shoulder blade , coming in from the front. 143 gr ELD-X. Fired from my 6.5x06. MV 3075 fps. Exploded like a bomb. Lost the entire right front shoulder , plus severely blood shot meat all the way into the base of the neck. Because of the very long skinny ogive ( nose ) of the bullet it makes them fragile. They may work fine on a rib cage shot , but not where resistance is encountered. Heavy bodied bucks taken with a Barnes 6.5 100gr or Hammer 110 gr will penetrate from sever angles & not destroy meat. Eat right up to the hole. I hunt for the meat not the horns. Next best is the Nosler Partition which will still destroy some meat , but not like a full length C&C. Just because a cup & core bullet has a catchy name like ELD-X , it is still a C&C bullet like any other. </p><p>Also took a very mature elk last season with my 264 mag & the Hammer 6.5 121gr. Shot was centered through an opening in the brush into the right shoulder. Complete penetration, both shoulders , with a DRT. Almost zero blood shot meat. For me I would never use the 143 gr ELD-X on a shot like that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hespco, post: 1997258, member: 109476"] Last season I shot a good size muley buck at about 80 yds. Shot was angled a bit catching the very back edge of the right shoulder blade , coming in from the front. 143 gr ELD-X. Fired from my 6.5x06. MV 3075 fps. Exploded like a bomb. Lost the entire right front shoulder , plus severely blood shot meat all the way into the base of the neck. Because of the very long skinny ogive ( nose ) of the bullet it makes them fragile. They may work fine on a rib cage shot , but not where resistance is encountered. Heavy bodied bucks taken with a Barnes 6.5 100gr or Hammer 110 gr will penetrate from sever angles & not destroy meat. Eat right up to the hole. I hunt for the meat not the horns. Next best is the Nosler Partition which will still destroy some meat , but not like a full length C&C. Just because a cup & core bullet has a catchy name like ELD-X , it is still a C&C bullet like any other. Also took a very mature elk last season with my 264 mag & the Hammer 6.5 121gr. Shot was centered through an opening in the brush into the right shoulder. Complete penetration, both shoulders , with a DRT. Almost zero blood shot meat. For me I would never use the 143 gr ELD-X on a shot like that. [/QUOTE]
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