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Terminal performance of the 6.5mm 140 eld-match (pics)
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<blockquote data-quote="VenatusDominus" data-source="post: 2650060" data-attributes="member: 117869"><p>Great information and great post. I love the 147 ELD-M out of my 6.5 PRC, it is accurate and hard hitting, and my favorite load to shoot. It would be my current choice if I still hunted with traditional bullets. Having said that, I will never shoot anything I intend to eat with a lead bullet again. There is now significant research indicating that at modern day velocities, over 1200 ft/sec, lead fragments and contaminates a significant portion of the meat. From huntingwithnonlead.org:</p><p></p><p>"One study that investigated the prevalence of this health risk brought 30 different eviscerated white-tailed deer carcasses to 30 separate meat processors and asked for steaks and burger packages. The packages were sub-sampled and the researchers found that 32% of 234 ground venison packages contained at least one metal fragment and 93% of all fragments were positively identified as lead."</p><p></p><p>There are many recent articles documenting this. Here is just one:</p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://phys.org/news/2022-08-exposure-bullets-big-game.html[/URL]</p><p></p><p>With all the quality monolithic choices available, I am just not willing to risk my family or I ingesting even small traces of lead.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="VenatusDominus, post: 2650060, member: 117869"] Great information and great post. I love the 147 ELD-M out of my 6.5 PRC, it is accurate and hard hitting, and my favorite load to shoot. It would be my current choice if I still hunted with traditional bullets. Having said that, I will never shoot anything I intend to eat with a lead bullet again. There is now significant research indicating that at modern day velocities, over 1200 ft/sec, lead fragments and contaminates a significant portion of the meat. From huntingwithnonlead.org: "One study that investigated the prevalence of this health risk brought 30 different eviscerated white-tailed deer carcasses to 30 separate meat processors and asked for steaks and burger packages. The packages were sub-sampled and the researchers found that 32% of 234 ground venison packages contained at least one metal fragment and 93% of all fragments were positively identified as lead." There are many recent articles documenting this. Here is just one: [URL unfurl="true"]https://phys.org/news/2022-08-exposure-bullets-big-game.html[/URL] With all the quality monolithic choices available, I am just not willing to risk my family or I ingesting even small traces of lead. [/QUOTE]
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