Last 3 years I've dropped 3 cow elk with the 143 ELDX using the 6.5 CM & PRC and been right there to watch another 5 drop using those 2 rifles and a RPM.

In every case we made sure they were broadside, tight in the leg crease, double lung shots. Never have recovered the bullet.

I used the ELDX because when the NPT and NAB became unobtanium, I could still get the ELDX.

ELDX on big bull elk wall hangers? Nope. I now have a pile of NPT, Oryx, and Weldcores that I would use instead.


It's you and the bullet, and all the rest is secondary.