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Originally posted by mikeyb_23 View PostThanks just ordered 2 boxes. Have you ordered from them before? That's a great deal.
I've ordered a lot of stuff from Rodgers before. Including a few cases of steel shot. Ammo was always very fast shipping. And UPS always dropped it at my door.
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I would not be afraid to use Federal Fusion 140 grain.I also was not real happy with the ELD-X so I picked up a couple box of the Federal Fusion 140 at Academy to try out on hogs.I have shot 5 or 6 hogs out to 200 yds and they have done really well with a nice exit hole on every one.The biggest being 200 lbs shot thru the shoulders at 120 yrds,he went about 10 yards on his chin and blood everywhere.My rifle shoots them well sub moa.
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Originally posted by mikeyb_23 View PostGonna go to Wyoming this year to try for a cow elk. Looking for any recommendations. I have some of the Hornady eldx and match ammo already. Was looking at Norma 143gr bondstrike or maybe some custom ammo from someone. Is it with going the custom route, like unknown munitions or Hendershots?
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I shot a large New Mexico cow (over 500lbs) with a 6.5cm 143gr eld-x. I was prepared to make a 400yd shot, but got lucky and held tight to a tree and they made it to 105yds. Shot through the heart, and she died in seconds. Slightly quartered to me, it broke several ribs on both sides, shredded her lungs, and pierced her heart. I was impressed. She did made 2 steps, so she didn't "drop", but I imagine a that bullet or a partition from a 6.5prc would have quite the thump.
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The 143gr bondstrike will work. Honestly I’d prefer a 140/147gr Eldm, 130gr Sierra tmk or a 156gr Berger.
I used to be on the bonded bullet bandwagon…..but Ive realized they provide deep / narrow wound cavities…
match bullets / bullets that fragment just straight up kill better.
Read up on this when u get some free time
This is going to be a barrage of questions. It will help to view me as a skeptic relative to the matter at hand. I am going to do some load development for my new 6mm Creed. I live in the southeast where shots are rarely taken at more than 100 yards. But, I fancy that I will take a trip out...
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Originally posted by mikeyb_23 View Post
I shot 3 does last year with the 143 eldx and I would say it did ok. They were all dead within 30 yds, but the blood trail on 2 of them was a drop here and there. I have watched a few videos and read that the eldx expand to fast for elk size game.
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