Hornady Eld-m's...what is the minimum terminal velocity threshold?

[ATL]

yeah I own one of those too, wasn’t this thread about .284 180’s? I’m confused why people keep talking about 6.5 creed and 6.5 PRCs and 147s

The title of the thread:

Hornady Eld-m's...what is the minimum terminal velocity threshold?​

The body of the inquiry specifies .284/180, but based off the title all ELD-M terminal info is fair game, I would think.

My contribution: The farthest I have shot an animal with the .264/147 ELD-M was 460 yards with a 6.5CM. Impact velocity was approximately 2250fps with excellent results - lots of damage internally, bullet exited, animal drt. I would expect good results down to at least 2000-2100fps based off this one example personally.

 

[River Reaper]

I guess I would just point the guy to doing a search for eld-m in the 223 thread, 6mm thread, 6.5 thread, and the magnum thread. The ELD-M is discussed pretty extensively on this site, including a thread specifically for .284 I believe.

 

[River Reaper]

Here is an entrance hole of a .284 180ELD-M at 2400fps, quartered away, right in the crease, the heart completely shredded, fragments found under the hide on the opposite side: