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They will all shoot in the Sendero but IMO the 140's are the stuff, I've had a few STW's over the years
yup... 140-150 are usually about best for factory rifles.
Have you shot much of anything with the 175 eld-x? I'm running them in my 8" twist 7 rum but I'm a bit concerned about bullet softness.
I busted a bull at 250ish (snowing so hard I couldn't get the rangefinder to play) base of the neck and crushed him. Then a muley buck at 418 quartering away hard. Sent it in at the last rib passenger side and exited just in front of shoulder driver side. He dropped, got up and made it 10yds before oil pressure dropped to 0. My wife shot her whitetail at 567 with her 300wm 200gr eldx perfect boiler room shot, jumped made two or three steps and then chin as an emergency brake. Her cow was at 302 same bullet. Quartering away bullet entered drivers side last rib and stopped in passenger side shoulder. (See pictures attached.) she didn't act like she was even hit just kept walking as if nothing had happened. Wife rolled the bolt and by that time the cow was sliding down the mountain on the wrong side of which would've been convenient for the easier option pack out. Chest cavity was nothing but strawberry jello with all three animals that were hit there.
you do have data then... they go through and kill... thanks... The 7rum might get to play this year.
I would definitely let it sing! We each have an antelope doe tag left so we will see what comes of that this next week. Then two weeks and it's go time on elk and deer.
