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Specific Hornady ELD-X Performance
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<blockquote data-quote="zcarglen" data-source="post: 1560898" data-attributes="member: 74185"><p>My experience with 7mm Berger 168gr VLD's around 2950ft/sec is that they all disintegrated without hitting bone at ranges from 30 yards to 400 yards. While they do shred soft tissue and are ultimately lethal, I feel our critters deserve a quicker death than in my experiences.</p><p>Now I've gunned up to a 28 Nosler with 175gr ELDX's at 3150ft/sec. A cow elk at 400yds took one behind the shoulder and dropped where she stood. There was a 3 inch hole on the opposite side, but the hydrostatic shock bloodied the whole opposite shoulder. A bull elk quartering at around 400yds was shot high through both shoulders(not where I was aiming), and while he didn't move, he required a head shot. The ELDX was found under the hide of the opposite shoulder and it had shed almost 100gr, and the lead core fell out of the jacket remnant as I was cleaning it up. Again, I'm with Randy 'The Real Gunsmith' on YouTube(he should be mandatory for any elk hunter) on the fact that cup and core bullets are not in the same league as the old Nosler Partitions. So I'm going with the 175gr Accubonds which I feel will be better when I miss my aim point the next time I have an elk opportunity. Wish me luck and thanks for reading.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="zcarglen, post: 1560898, member: 74185"] My experience with 7mm Berger 168gr VLD’s around 2950ft/sec is that they all disintegrated without hitting bone at ranges from 30 yards to 400 yards. While they do shred soft tissue and are ultimately lethal, I feel our critters deserve a quicker death than in my experiences. Now I’ve gunned up to a 28 Nosler with 175gr ELDX’s at 3150ft/sec. A cow elk at 400yds took one behind the shoulder and dropped where she stood. There was a 3 inch hole on the opposite side, but the hydrostatic shock bloodied the whole opposite shoulder. A bull elk quartering at around 400yds was shot high through both shoulders(not where I was aiming), and while he didn’t move, he required a head shot. The ELDX was found under the hide of the opposite shoulder and it had shed almost 100gr, and the lead core fell out of the jacket remnant as I was cleaning it up. Again, I’m with Randy ‘The Real Gunsmith’ on YouTube(he should be mandatory for any elk hunter) on the fact that cup and core bullets are not in the same league as the old Nosler Partitions. So I’m going with the 175gr Accubonds which I feel will be better when I miss my aim point the next time I have an elk opportunity. Wish me luck and thanks for reading. [/QUOTE]
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