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My kid shot a 2 point blacktail last weekend. 80 gn ttsx from his 243 at about 10-15 yards. Tiny entrance, 1inch exit and blood shot in the rib meat, both shoulders, and neck. Blood shot stopped at the membrane cover the backstraps but was bloody between the hide and backstraps. Clipped both shoulders but didn't hit any bone. It was a mess!
Quote from: WSU on October 23, 2025, 01:40:15 PMMy kid shot a 2 point blacktail last weekend. 80 gn ttsx from his 243 at about 10-15 yards. Tiny entrance, 1inch exit and blood shot in the rib meat, both shoulders, and neck. Blood shot stopped at the membrane cover the backstraps but was bloody between the hide and backstraps. Clipped both shoulders but didn't hit any bone. It was a mess!Clipping both shoulders will be a mess with nearly any bullet. Running excessive velocity can be a real terminal bummer when it comes to meat loss. With small framed animals, large and slow can be a great combination...otherwise you're going to have a prairie dog detonation situation.Hopefully the kiddo learned a valuable lesson on shot placement. Congrats though!
Quote from: Sneaky on October 23, 2025, 04:39:46 AMQuote from: Antlershed on October 22, 2025, 08:54:18 PMI’ve fully converted to the 143 ELD-X in 6.5 CM and 147 ELD-M in 6.5 PRC. 5 Mule deer, 3 whitetail, a blacktail, and a Cow Elk. Shots ranged from 90 yards to 500 yards, none required a follow-up shot, and have died in sight. Stay off the shoulder, shoot them in the lungs, and they either stand there and die, or run about 30-40 yards before tipping over.https://www.hornadyle.com/rifle-ammunition/147-gr-eld-match-tap-precision#!/great bullet choices. Staying off the shoulder helps with the meat loss but lots of good data on these style of bullets carrying plenty of penetration for big game. Check out the gelatin results from hornady for the 147 eld-m with over 12.5" of penetration after encountering auto glass. I got to witness a 147 eld-m from 6.5CM at 2450 ish impact speed vs whitetail this year and the terminal performance was impressive to say the least...way more trauma than a deer taken at similar distance with a 7mm rem mag and barnes TTSX.Yeah, sorry, wasn’t trying to imply that they couldn’t go through a shoulder, but was strictly talking from a meat loss perspective. 👍🏻
Quote from: Antlershed on October 22, 2025, 08:54:18 PMI’ve fully converted to the 143 ELD-X in 6.5 CM and 147 ELD-M in 6.5 PRC. 5 Mule deer, 3 whitetail, a blacktail, and a Cow Elk. Shots ranged from 90 yards to 500 yards, none required a follow-up shot, and have died in sight. Stay off the shoulder, shoot them in the lungs, and they either stand there and die, or run about 30-40 yards before tipping over.https://www.hornadyle.com/rifle-ammunition/147-gr-eld-match-tap-precision#!/great bullet choices. Staying off the shoulder helps with the meat loss but lots of good data on these style of bullets carrying plenty of penetration for big game. Check out the gelatin results from hornady for the 147 eld-m with over 12.5" of penetration after encountering auto glass. I got to witness a 147 eld-m from 6.5CM at 2450 ish impact speed vs whitetail this year and the terminal performance was impressive to say the least...way more trauma than a deer taken at similar distance with a 7mm rem mag and barnes TTSX.
I’ve fully converted to the 143 ELD-X in 6.5 CM and 147 ELD-M in 6.5 PRC. 5 Mule deer, 3 whitetail, a blacktail, and a Cow Elk. Shots ranged from 90 yards to 500 yards, none required a follow-up shot, and have died in sight. Stay off the shoulder, shoot them in the lungs, and they either stand there and die, or run about 30-40 yards before tipping over.
