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Which bullet for deer for 6.5CM inside 400 yards?
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<blockquote data-quote="Toddxusmc" data-source="post: 1551624" data-attributes="member: 108726"><p>[ATTACH=full]118091[/ATTACH] </p><p>Nothing is an absolute. I shot this deer at 70 yards with a 143 ELD-X out of a 26"bbl 6.5 Creedmoor. In load development this load with RE26 chronographed 2920 ave.</p><p>The deer was quartering slightly toward me. Shot was down (from 18') and into the area between shoulder and ribs. The bullet exploded on impact. This is not the performance I was expecting from a high SD interlock bullet. In the past I always used Accubonds in belted magnums and never had a problem. I will be switching to the Accubond LR bullet as I don't like the failure the ELD-X had. Although the bullet exploded, enough held together to graze the top of the lungs and enter (and stay in) the deer's stomach. He ran approximately 3mi through various tracks of neighbors land; we didn't give up the trail and found him bled out under a pine tree. Im guessing had I used the Accubond or Accubond LR, this wouldn't have happened. I'll only use bonded bullets from now on. I think out to 400 yds the 129/130 in the Accubond or Accubond LR will serve you well.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Toddxusmc, post: 1551624, member: 108726"] [ATTACH=full]118091[/ATTACH] Nothing is an absolute. I shot this deer at 70 yards with a 143 ELD-X out of a 26”bbl 6.5 Creedmoor. In load development this load with RE26 chronographed 2920 ave. The deer was quartering slightly toward me. Shot was down (from 18’) and into the area between shoulder and ribs. The bullet exploded on impact. This is not the performance I was expecting from a high SD interlock bullet. In the past I always used Accubonds in belted magnums and never had a problem. I will be switching to the Accubond LR bullet as I don’t like the failure the ELD-X had. Although the bullet exploded, enough held together to graze the top of the lungs and enter (and stay in) the deer's stomach. He ran approximately 3mi through various tracks of neighbors land; we didn’t give up the trail and found him bled out under a pine tree. Im guessing had I used the Accubond or Accubond LR, this wouldn’t have happened. I’ll only use bonded bullets from now on. I think out to 400 yds the 129/130 in the Accubond or Accubond LR will serve you well. [/QUOTE]
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