Real world ELDM Experience Please

[FLHunter87]

I developed a load with my 6.5 PRC, extremely accurate. I was able to use them for the week on hogs and deer. I will update the post later with the bullets that were recovered. None made pass through on any of the deer or hogs taken. I can say they all dropped or only went 10-15 yards after impact. So yes deadly and it does what needed. If anyone uses these please let me know if you have similar experiences like below.

Here's my one issue with my experience. All deer and hogs were shot high shoulder or just behind in lungs. What all bullets did and is very strange they all had to hit something because they ricochet all around or travel down to the ham side of the animal or once inside they literally blew everything up, literally everything guts and all. I found this very strange and disliked this part as cleaning and quartering was not fun due to that. I can see one deer was slightly quartered but all the rest were broad side. I used ABLR and never had seen that as they all just passed through.

 

[Rock’N Tacos]

They are one of the best hunting bullets out there in my opinion. Those and they bergers are my go to.

 

[svivian]

Thread '6.5 Creedmoor/260 for Deer, Elk, and whatever else.....'

Dec 17, 2021

Seeing that the 223 thread is such a success, I thought maybe I would start one for the Creedmoor/260. Seems like people are asking a lot about using them and various bullets, especially for elk. I've used mine for the last few years almost exclusively. I have some pics of bullet damage, albeit not nearly as many as I should have, from a couple deer. I'll try to briefly describe the ones I don't have pics of.

If you have experiences, good or bad, post them up. Of course, pics are great, and add a lot of valuable information. Maybe it will take off, maybe it won't, but if it does it...

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[rookieforever33]

I developed a load with my 6.5 PRC, extremely accurate. I was able to use them for the week on hogs and deer. I will update the post later with the bullets that were recovered. None made pass through on any of the deer or hogs taken. I can say they all dropped or only went 10-15 yards after impact. So yes deadly and it does what needed. If anyone uses these please let me know if you have similar experiences like below.

Here's my one issue with my experience. All deer and hogs were shot high shoulder or just behind in lungs. What all bullets did and is very strange they all had to hit something because they ricochet all around or travel down to the ham side of the animal or once inside they literally blew everything up, literally everything guts and all. I found this very strange and disliked this part as cleaning and quartering was not fun due to that. I can see one deer was slightly quartered but all the rest were broad side. I used ABLR and never had seen that as they all just passed through

That is why the people that like them like them

 

[FLHunter87]

That is why the people that like them like them

Because they literally blow up everything even the guts if its a good shot? Im not saying they didnt get the job done. I dont know why they all had the guts blown up if they were lung and high shoulder. What would it hit to travel down that way toward the hams?

 

[NorthIdahoDude]

Because they literally blow up everything even the guts if its a good shot? Im not saying they didnt get the job done. I dont know why they all had the guts blown up if they were lung and high shoulder. What would it hit to travel down that way toward the hams?

Even the ELD-X is like that. I shot my first deer this year with one (175 ELD-X), it entered about the third rib, and exited about the center of the rib cage on the far side. Everything from the guts to the throat was damaged. And this was about a 2500 ft per second impact velocity, no Magnums involved.

On the one hand, it kills stuff really well, and on the other it does more damage than necessary or maybe desirable.

In a perfect world, I prefer accubonds or partitions, but none of those have the BC to reach way out there, nor the performance characteristics to do what I want them to do at low velocities.

 

[fmyth]

Because they literally blow up everything even the guts if its a good shot? Im not saying they didnt get the job done. I dont know why they all had the guts blown up if they were lung and high shoulder. What would it hit to travel down that way toward the hams?

What was the distance of the shot?

 

[rookieforever33]

People that do want a quick death and are willing to lose meat sometimes rather than lose a whole animal. At longer ranges they do not cause such extensive damage, but still a lot more than a bonded bullet would. Why it would send fragments to the hams is dependent on what it hit at what velocity.

 

[Machingeaneer]

I haven't noticed anything like what you're describing, I've made 5 shots on 3 deer (all inside 100yds), all 5 exiting the animals with straightline penetration and satisfactory destruction. I don't know how much of a difference it makes but I'm shooting mine from a 24" barrel 6.5 creed.