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Specific Hornady ELD-X Performance
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<blockquote data-quote="BTL" data-source="post: 1561355" data-attributes="member: 20912"><p>[ATTACH]120966[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]120964[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]120963[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]120965[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]120962[/ATTACH] I am shooting the 175 ELDX in my 8 twist 7mm RM. at a modest 2685fps. My first kill was a cow elk at 180yds. The bullet entered behind the right leg taking out the aortic arch took out two ribs and was recovered under the hide of the left shoulder. The elk took the hit and made a slow 5 step circle and dropped. What remained of the bullet was about a 30gn lead pellet and a small copper cup.</p><p>My second kill was a doe antelope at 225yds. Bullet entered again behind the left shoulder and again entered the heart. There was no exit and all I found was brass and lead flakes in the blood pool in the chest cavity. The heart looked like a large firecracker blew up in it, it was loose in the chest cavity and blown open. The doe took the hit and just dropped straight down, did not take a single step. For a bullet not designed to be frangible in my experience, they blow up.</p><p>First photo is the doe antelope heart. Other's photos are of the cow elk showing the off leg with the bullet remains, the rib damage and what was left of the bullet.</p><p></p><p>BTL</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BTL, post: 1561355, member: 20912"] [ATTACH]120966[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]120964[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]120963[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]120965[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]120962[/ATTACH] I am shooting the 175 ELDX in my 8 twist 7mm RM. at a modest 2685fps. My first kill was a cow elk at 180yds. The bullet entered behind the right leg taking out the aortic arch took out two ribs and was recovered under the hide of the left shoulder. The elk took the hit and made a slow 5 step circle and dropped. What remained of the bullet was about a 30gn lead pellet and a small copper cup. My second kill was a doe antelope at 225yds. Bullet entered again behind the left shoulder and again entered the heart. There was no exit and all I found was brass and lead flakes in the blood pool in the chest cavity. The heart looked like a large firecracker blew up in it, it was loose in the chest cavity and blown open. The doe took the hit and just dropped straight down, did not take a single step. For a bullet not designed to be frangible in my experience, they blow up. First photo is the doe antelope heart. Other’s photos are of the cow elk showing the off leg with the bullet remains, the rib damage and what was left of the bullet. BTL [/QUOTE]
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