Here is what is left of 143 ELD-X out of a 6.5PRC going 2951 at the muzzle that was found in the offside shoulder of a buck shot by my son at ~70 yards. Buck was slightly quartering to and downhill at ~7 degree angle, shot through the shoulder, and came to rest behind the shoulder on the opposite side.
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I was quite pleased as I had read stories of more fragile bullets 'blowing up' on shoulders at high velocity. I have mostly shot bonded bullets (accubonds, trophy bonded tips, and terminal ascents primarily), and seeing similar entrance behavior at such close range sold me on the ELD-X even more.
While we lost some meat, It wasn't egregious and in line with what I would expect with a shot through the shoulder. Here is the entrance, and as you can see, it didn't 'blow up'. It left a nice little hole with only a couple of hairs blown out of place indicating where it went in.
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