.25 Cal (Quarter Bore) / Big Game Success - 25 Creed, 25-284, 25-06, 25 PRC, 25 SAUM

[nm.otter]

Nice work -- what bullet?

 

[sierracharlie338]

Bull elk, 25 creedmoor 580 yards for 2050fps impact

Not very good pictures, not very good shot placement, but I was happy with the performance.

One high lungs behind shoulder, recovered jacket under offside hide/in muscle tissue. Entrance not pictured but roughly 2.5” hole through the ribs.



A follow up shot: through the “knuckle” of front shoulder. Lots of damage, made it into the chest cavity. Was solo and tired and did not dissect to see how the internal damage was. There was a little bit of bloodshot on the opposite side shoulder but didn’t see much damage against offside rib cage.

What bullet Will?

 

[willfrye027]

Nice work -- what bullet?

What bullet Will?

Whoops. 134 ELDM.

Second elk with these bullets, they are performing as hoped/expected.

Not loving the recoil of my unbraked 25 creed tho. Got used to the 22cm which is a noticable stepdown..

 

[sierracharlie338]

Whoops. 134 ELDM.

Second elk with these bullets, they are performing as hoped/expected.

Not loving the recoil of my unbraked 25 creed tho. Got used to the 22cm which is a noticable stepdown..

Nice on bullet selection. I will be testing these in my creed this year also if the wife doesn't try to steal it again. Ran the Berger 135s last year without issue so expecting similar from the 134s.

 

[Poser]

25-06: Hornady 117 gr SST

 

[willfrye027]

Nice on bullet selection. I will be testing these in my creed this year also if the wife doesn't try to steal it again. Ran the Berger 135s last year without issue so expecting similar from the 134s.

I killed around a dozen animals with the 135s and they did fine. I really like the wound channel on the 134s..prefer the rapid expansion of the 134s to the longer neck length on the 135s mostly because I’m a deer hunter and sometimes a 4” neck length means you are only smashing one lung instead of two. And with a small sample size of two elk, I’d say the 134s are working just fine there. On deer they’ve been excellent, although I have not documented the destruction it’s been 5 or 6 with great results.

 

[sierracharlie338]

I killed around a dozen animals with the 135s and they did fine. I really like the wound channel on the 134s..prefer the rapid expansion of the 134s to the longer neck length on the 135s mostly because I’m a deer hunter and sometimes a 4” neck length means you are only smashing one lung instead of two. And with a small sample size of two elk, I’d say the 134s are working just fine there. On deer they’ve been excellent, although I have not documented the destruction it’s been 5 or 6 with great results.

Valid point as usual Will. Appreciate the feedback