Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
New media
New media comments
Latest activity
Classifieds
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Log in
Register
What's New?
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Navigation
Install the app
Install
More Options
Advertise with us
Contact Us
Close Menu
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Forums
The Range
Ammo & Reloading
5.56 TONS of data and others. Pull up a chair.
Search titles only
By:
Reply to Thread
This site may earn a commission from merchant affiliate links, including eBay, Amazon, and others.
Message
<blockquote data-quote="swampratt" data-source="post: 4044803" data-attributes="member: 15054"><p>You are correct #26176 123 is ELD-M.</p><p>Not X as I posted.</p><p></p><p>You are spot on about POI on failures to perform not being talked about.</p><p></p><p>I have harvested many deer and got to the point of experimenting with 4 places to shoot them with different types of bullets and weapons.</p><p></p><p>Heart shots with a "pass through" type bullet has resulted in longest distances traveled for the shot deer.</p><p>Explosive 55gr V-max to the heart 40 yards was max for me.</p><p>Proper neck shots resulted in NO travel.</p><p>Double lung through the ribs with varying bullets 40-80 yards traveled.</p><p>Straight on chest shot various bullets and velocities No travel.</p><p></p><p>I have had 2 bullets i did not like 155 Palma Sierra .308" and 55 SP Hornady .224"</p><p>The Palma was tough constructed and just penciled through.</p><p>The 55 SP mushroomed nicely but no shock factor.</p><p>Deer acted like they were never hit and ran 500+ yards.</p><p></p><p>Out of all the bullets I have used I can say for me the lighter more explosive bullets kill much faster.</p><p>And observing my friend use the 55V-Max with his horrible shot placement I can say the shock or trauma factor is pretty high with these.</p><p>He has not shot any deer that needed tracked with them.</p><p></p><p>I was hesitant to use the 140 in 6.5 and went with the 129 SP Hornady last year and it worked perfectly.</p><p>That was in a 6.5x55 Swedish Mauser.</p><p>I used to be in the heavy bullet crowd but I crossed over.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="swampratt, post: 4044803, member: 15054"] You are correct #26176 123 is ELD-M. Not X as I posted. You are spot on about POI on failures to perform not being talked about. I have harvested many deer and got to the point of experimenting with 4 places to shoot them with different types of bullets and weapons. Heart shots with a "pass through" type bullet has resulted in longest distances traveled for the shot deer. Explosive 55gr V-max to the heart 40 yards was max for me. Proper neck shots resulted in NO travel. Double lung through the ribs with varying bullets 40-80 yards traveled. Straight on chest shot various bullets and velocities No travel. I have had 2 bullets i did not like 155 Palma Sierra .308" and 55 SP Hornady .224" The Palma was tough constructed and just penciled through. The 55 SP mushroomed nicely but no shock factor. Deer acted like they were never hit and ran 500+ yards. Out of all the bullets I have used I can say for me the lighter more explosive bullets kill much faster. And observing my friend use the 55V-Max with his horrible shot placement I can say the shock or trauma factor is pretty high with these. He has not shot any deer that needed tracked with them. I was hesitant to use the 140 in 6.5 and went with the 129 SP Hornady last year and it worked perfectly. That was in a 6.5x55 Swedish Mauser. I used to be in the heavy bullet crowd but I crossed over. [/QUOTE]
Insert Quotes…
Verification
Post Reply
Forums
The Range
Ammo & Reloading
5.56 TONS of data and others. Pull up a chair.
Search titles only
By:
Top
Bottom