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<blockquote data-quote="Bigred88" data-source="post: 1561301" data-attributes="member: 94551"><p>I've claimed 3 elk now with .284 bullets. (one a .284 Winchester and the other a 7 mag) and am not sure if I'm in love with it. Here's my experience. First elk was broad side at 120 yards. I high shoulder him with a 162 great eld-x out of a 284 Winchester. The bullet disintegrated and didn't make it more than a couple inches. Lucky for me he died in his tracks. My next elk was a little over 300 yards. Again broad side. 162 great eld-x but this time out of my 7 mag. The first round drove deep and stuned him. 2nd round did the same. Finally before he ran off I calmed down and put one through both shoulders. (This bull was tough as nails). Then a week later my father in law used the same 7mag at 505 yards with 162 gr eld-x and the bullet only nosed over a little and got caught in the hide on the other side. Now luckily I haven't lost an animal to the eld-x. But after my personal experience, I'm nervous that past 500 yards the bullet is going to pencil due to lack of velocity and to think of a outter shell. That's my personal experience, I don't think there's any one bullet does it all. To we'll of a bonded bullet isn't going to open up at long distance. And a match or target bullet is going to disintegrate at close range. That's my 2 cents.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bigred88, post: 1561301, member: 94551"] I've claimed 3 elk now with .284 bullets. (one a .284 Winchester and the other a 7 mag) and am not sure if I'm in love with it. Here's my experience. First elk was broad side at 120 yards. I high shoulder him with a 162 great eld-x out of a 284 Winchester. The bullet disintegrated and didn't make it more than a couple inches. Lucky for me he died in his tracks. My next elk was a little over 300 yards. Again broad side. 162 great eld-x but this time out of my 7 mag. The first round drove deep and stuned him. 2nd round did the same. Finally before he ran off I calmed down and put one through both shoulders. (This bull was tough as nails). Then a week later my father in law used the same 7mag at 505 yards with 162 gr eld-x and the bullet only nosed over a little and got caught in the hide on the other side. Now luckily I haven't lost an animal to the eld-x. But after my personal experience, I'm nervous that past 500 yards the bullet is going to pencil due to lack of velocity and to think of a outter shell. That's my personal experience, I don't think there's any one bullet does it all. To we'll of a bonded bullet isn't going to open up at long distance. And a match or target bullet is going to disintegrate at close range. That's my 2 cents. [/QUOTE]
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