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Spreadsheet to determine best long range hunting cartridge
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<blockquote data-quote="packgoatguy" data-source="post: 1556341" data-attributes="member: 27192"><p>Well said, and I wholeheartedly agree. This is why I began the analysis with only the ELD-X bullets and the ABLR-Trophy bullet/loads. Hornady "advertises" proper bullet performance and expansion down to 1600fps. This is the threshold I put into the spreadsheet, and the very threshold by which I am comparing all of these cartridges. At least with the ELD-X bullet, the premise or assumption we are making is simply that, as long as the bullet is still traveling at 1600fps or more when it hits the target, it will reliably expand and penetrate as designed. As for the Nosler ABLR bullets, they "claim" that the bullet will perform as designed all the way down to 1300fps. This is quite incredible in my opinion, and I would like to see real life anecdotal evidence that these bullets are still reliably expanding at that low of a velocity... before I would try it on a live animal. Likewise, if you follow my above responses, you will find my hesitation about including the ELD-Match bullets for the same reason you bring up. I am uncertain how the ELDM bullets will perform as a "hunting" bullet at range. There is nothing that I have found to indicate a minimum velocity for bullet performance. I have heard that these bullets are essentially the same as the original AMAX bullets, which do have a history of being used as hunting bullets. But again, I don't know how well they are designed to perform at low velocity (longer range).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="packgoatguy, post: 1556341, member: 27192"] Well said, and I wholeheartedly agree. This is why I began the analysis with only the ELD-X bullets and the ABLR-Trophy bullet/loads. Hornady "advertises" proper bullet performance and expansion down to 1600fps. This is the threshold I put into the spreadsheet, and the very threshold by which I am comparing all of these cartridges. At least with the ELD-X bullet, the premise or assumption we are making is simply that, as long as the bullet is still traveling at 1600fps or more when it hits the target, it will reliably expand and penetrate as designed. As for the Nosler ABLR bullets, they "claim" that the bullet will perform as designed all the way down to 1300fps. This is quite incredible in my opinion, and I would like to see real life anecdotal evidence that these bullets are still reliably expanding at that low of a velocity... before I would try it on a live animal. Likewise, if you follow my above responses, you will find my hesitation about including the ELD-Match bullets for the same reason you bring up. I am uncertain how the ELDM bullets will perform as a "hunting" bullet at range. There is nothing that I have found to indicate a minimum velocity for bullet performance. I have heard that these bullets are essentially the same as the original AMAX bullets, which do have a history of being used as hunting bullets. But again, I don't know how well they are designed to perform at low velocity (longer range). [/QUOTE]
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