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  1. wartak

    ELD-X is it unreliable for close range hunting (less than 200 yards) and should it only be used for long range?

    Yes both of which were very disappointing to me. Remember that I'm going off of some hunting buddies account of what happend and looking at the quarters it seemed viable.. you do realize 2 things can be true at the same time right?
  2. wartak

    ELD-X is it unreliable for close range hunting (less than 200 yards) and should it only be used for long range?

    Is this a prince william sound or kodiak island "Sitka blacktail" 👀 that area looks like the islands we hunt here in AK but that body is huge for a blacktail
  3. wartak

    ELD-X is it unreliable for close range hunting (less than 200 yards) and should it only be used for long range?

    I like that. I have been shooting terminal ascent lately. Haven't killed any game yet but it shoots well out of my rifle. I have shot game from 50 yards clear out to roughly 600 yards (varmits only at that range) but my furthest deer was about 325 yards. So I'd really prefer a bullet that...
  4. wartak

    ELD-X is it unreliable for close range hunting (less than 200 yards) and should it only be used for long range?

    Yes, I don't know why you keep calling me out on that? I told you I saw the shoulder the thing was hammered and the only bullet that came out the other side was the the single 300 win mag and no signs of the eld x in the chest cavity. At best it did penetrate the chest cavity, and shed all it's...
  5. wartak

    ELD-X is it unreliable for close range hunting (less than 200 yards) and should it only be used for long range?

    Difference is I shot fairly high up in the neck above the body. And coper and lead shrapnel the size of BBs were in about a half a dozen spots throughout the back straps and rump. That tells me it's not holding together very well especially on a quartering away shot.
  6. wartak

    Support for 6.8 western?

    270 wsm was on my shortlist as well and when the 6.5PRC was released I held my breath and did some more research. I purchased the PRC but was a little disappointed that I couldn't shoot anything heavier that a 143 grain bullet. Then in walks the 6.8 western and it was a love affair at first...
  7. wartak

    ELD-X is it unreliable for close range hunting (less than 200 yards) and should it only be used for long range?

    I'm sort of on the fence olwith how the ELD-X will work on a quartering away moose or Caribou. I feel like the guts will upset the bullet and shed all it's weight before getting to the heart and lungs.
  8. wartak

    ELD-X is it unreliable for close range hunting (less than 200 yards) and should it only be used for long range?

    I shot a Caribou in the neck for the same reason. It was at about 75 yards and I knew that was coming so I took a broadside neck shot and flopped it in it's tracks. I wholeheartedly agree that the eldx kills them dead, I just feel like there are cleaner options for closer in work. Just curious...
  9. wartak

    ELD-X is it unreliable for close range hunting (less than 200 yards) and should it only be used for long range?

    Perhaps a tougher bullet would have helped together better? Barnes ttsx or lrx? Terminal ascent?
  10. wartak

    Support for 6.8 western?

    They wont.. I'm sure 270 wsm supp Yep, that's the situation currently
  11. wartak

    ELD-X is it unreliable for close range hunting (less than 200 yards) and should it only be used for long range?

    Even if it wastes lots of meat?
  12. wartak

    ELD-X is it unreliable for close range hunting (less than 200 yards) and should it only be used for long range?

    I think it actually pertains more to velocity than any specific range.. seems like over 2600 fps is where the fragmentation happens.. Shot a doe last season with 300wm at about 50 yards frontal shot through neck, it exited and I found fragments of coper and lead all throughout the backstraps...
  13. wartak

    ELD-X is it unreliable for close range hunting (less than 200 yards) and should it only be used for long range?

    My experience it definitely kills the animal but leaves massive tissue damage ruining lots of meat
  14. wartak

    Support for 6.8 western?

    It's basically the same cartridge
  15. wartak

    Support for 6.8 western?

    #save6.8western
  16. wartak

    Support for 6.8 western?

    I started an ELD-X thread in the long range forum. If yall could move your arguments there that would be great!
  17. wartak

    Support for 6.8 western?

    Correction. It fragments at high velocity impacts. Now can we be done with the hijacking?
  18. wartak

    ELD-X is it unreliable for close range hunting (less than 200 yards) and should it only be used for long range?

    Starting this thread to get others to quit hijacking the 6.8 western thread. There seems to be an argument that the ELD-X is a great option for close range hunting. I however think it's a terrible option sub 200 yards.
  19. wartak

    Support for 6.8 western?

    Funny thing is the majority of guns store workers don't know Jack squat and is say I have heard more misrepresented and or false information from so called Pro Reps than just about anyone else. Now I'm sure that they come into contact with alot more people than I do by nature of their...
  20. wartak

    Rifle mount setups for UTV

    Hey all. I am looking to buy a new Honda UTV this fall and I am struggling to find a good rifle/gun storage situation. What do you all have for ideas or things you have tried and had sucess with? I'd like for multiple rifles to fit and maybe even a couple sidearms.

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