Very similar in reduced loads on gel simulating long range impacts. Results from 80 ELDX and 77 TMK were pretty much indistinguishable. Both were consistently “better” than 73 ELDM, not that there is anything wrong with that bullet for killing.
This is not a perfect “test” for representing what happens in animals, but I’ve found in doing this with various bullets over the last 10+ years; bullets that perform better in the gel generally perform better in hide/tissue/organs.
77 TMK and 80 ELDX have provided near identical results on coyotes. At low/similar impact velocities they both penetrate and kill well on coyotes which I’ve found to be an animal, that generally speaking can “go farther when hit” with a non ideal impact location when compared to most hoofed mammals.
I’ll be posting more big game results as the fall rolls on, just the moose so far is my only big game kill with 80 ELDX. I will likely have both very high and towards the low end of impact velocity results.
