I work for a ag consulting company and we run over 100 four wheels and we put 1500-2500 miles in about 6 months(yearly) mostly ag fields and gravel roads. We mostly run Yamaha grizzly or the kodiak 700. If i were to buy one personally right now I would go with a grizzly. The ride is more...
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If anyone wants to try the 73 eldm in factory scheels has it in stock.
My suggestion wasn’t that he needs a different cartridge but he should consider looking through those threads. That may lead him to a different cartridge is because he is setting up a new rifle. I wasn’t suggesting that a 300 wm couldn’t kill to 500+. As he stated he wanted to proficient to 500...
Not sure what velocity range you would expect them to explode but I ran the eldm bullet in my 6.5 creed last year and took 2 frontal quartering too shots on 2 big does at less than 75 yards. Neither bullet exited and only a little bit of meat damage on the inside of the far shoulder. I plan to...
I agree it helps but out past 600 yards if you miss judge the wind by a couple miles/hr you will miss. Most people aren’t good enough to call wind within 4 mph of actual wind speed not just where you are at but how the wind is and what it is doing through the whole bullet path...
I would highly consider a different cartridge.. refer to the various 6mm, 6.5mm, 223 threads. Past 500 yards wind is the #1 issue that causes people to miss. Only way to over come that challenge is volume of fire and calling wind, which is why I said I would suggest a different cartridge. After...