Have any of you shot the 6.5mm 143gr ELD-X bullets for whitetail yet? How are you liking them? I have read mixed reviews. I have a new 6.5 Creedmoor that I'll be hunting with this fall for whitetail, axis, hogs and audad. I'm just wondering how those bullets have done for other folks.
143 gr Hornady ELD-X at 160 yards from a .260 Rem (this is the exit side). I don't own a chronograph but I am guessing around 2,720ish fps MV with my load. It was an obliging standing broadside so the bullet didn't have any real challenges. Did very well at shredding both lungs and exiting. Only bone was a rib on either side. I'm planning on trying the 130 gr Sierra GameChanger this fall.
"They couldn't hit an elephant at this distance." Last words of Gen. Sedgwik
I shoot the 143 ELD_X myself in my 260 Remington (Savage build #2) and they have performed well as far as accuracy... I have not taken an animal with it yet, but I am taking it with me for Mule Deer this year. Check out this link below from Panhandle precision on his real world experience with the ELD-X...Originally Posted by Coastal
http://panhandleprecision.com/hornad...formance-test/
I have been developing 6.5cm load for this years whitetail. Took this hog with shoot the other side ear hole. No exit. Drop in tracks. 85 yards.
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In the ear without even using a bipod,I have been developing 6.5cm load for this years whitetail. Took this hog with shoot the other side ear hole. No exit. Drop in tracks. 85 yards.
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And here i always thought Texas guys always took some kind of a fancy heart shot. Lol
Excellent link! That's the kind of info I was looking for. Thank you.
Agree. Linked article is a good read.
Glad I could help..
There is some good talk about them over on 24 hr campfire as well. A few guys are taking elk without any issues, so I am pretty sure whitetails won't be that much of a problem.
Ultimately, they are similar to Hornady's Interlock bullets, just with an updated copper jacket and redesigned aerodynamics. I have killed a pile of deer with standard Interlocks and SSTs, so I wouldn't hesitate to use them (and will be using them in my new 7-08AI build).
I have shot lots of deer and hogs with eld-x bullets from my 6.5creed to 300wby. They have all performed great for me. From deer and hogs at 40yds with the creed and a muley buck at 890yds with the 212s in my 300win. Everything dropped in their tracks.
Stumpkiller, good luck with the game changers. I tried to run them in my 7saum. Wanted a little heavier bullet for elk. I ran the 165s at 3030fps. Didn't find an elk big enough to try but got a couple deer and lost my first deer ever with a rifle. I don't think they open well at all on deer. I will never send another game changer at an animal. Just my opinion and experience.
Adam
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