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I bought some cheap WW 125 grain XP hunting ammo and was surprised to see that a bunch of the bullets went through one hole out of my CTR at 100 yards. I attribute this to the NF 2.5-10 with parallax correction and the solid badger mounts, no way those cartridges could be that good on there own. That's funny. Wonder if the rifle attributed equally...
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Do you think the ELD-X would work well on the shoulder of a WT? I like this shot on a whitetail.
Another question. I do have bear in my parts and the season does overlap a little with deer season. Will the 6.5 CM have any issues in this situation? Any good 6.5mm hunting bullet should work on the shoulder of a Whitetail. I’ve been hearing really good things about the 125gr Winchester Deer Season XP, the 129gr Browning BXR Matrix Tip and the 140gr Federal Fusion. I’d happily use any of these if my rifle liked them to the tune of 1 MOA. There are many good reports on the 143gr ELD-X over in the elk hunting forum. I’m thinking a Whitetail shouldn’t be much trouble for it, nor a bear. If you’re really worried about penetration, just shoot the Barnes 127gr LRX and be done with it. My buddy used my rifle to take a grizzly with a 143 eldx…worked just fine…zero issues. Also worked fine on 7 caribou and 9 deer. All but 2 of the caribou where shot with hand loads, the hand loads and factory loads both shoot 5 shots into a 1/2" but the hand loads pick up another 200+ fps in velocity which stretches out how far out the bullet will still have velocity to expand.
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I bought some cheap WW 125 grain XP hunting ammo and was surprised to see that a bunch of the bullets went through one hole out of my CTR at 100 yards. I attribute this to the NF 2.5-10 with parallax correction and the solid badger mounts, no way those cartridges could be that good on there own. That's funny. Wonder if the rifle attributed equally... I thought the same thing. Hell, if the cartridges weren’t “that good on their own,” no scope, mounts or rifle would be able to make them that good.
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Only have used Prime ammo in mine so far. Accurate to 1000 yards for me, only taken a mule deer buck at 226 yards so far. 130 Berger OTM behind the shoulder through the heart and quarter size exit off side. DRT!
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My Tikka SL does not really like the factory 143 ELDX. I’m loading for mine but they sell a 140 Accubond I think from Federal. I handload that bullet and it shoots tiny groups with it.
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Only have used Prime ammo in mine so far. Accurate to 1000 yards for me, only taken a mule deer buck at 226 yards so far. 130 Berger OTM behind the shoulder through the heart and quarter size exit off side. DRT! I like the prime ammo for shooting. Tried it on a pig and deer. Was a little high on the pig. Broke the spine. Fell in its tracks. Shoot the deer behind the shoulder. It ran. Zero blood. Found it by luck in a briar thicket. Not sure how it ran, after pulling the hide down. Pass thru. Jellied the insides. Still don’t understand the no blood. So for me, no more prime for hunting Picked up a couple of the factory barnes vor-tex LR in 127gr to try. I prefer Barnes’s ttsx in what i shoot.
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So you're stopping the use of Prime for hunting after a test case of 1?
I've had strange things happen with every bullet I've ever fired at a deer. If I stopped using a bullet after 1 strange incident, I'd be out of bullets to try.
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I’ve had good results with Ttsx in 7 RM. 7-08 and 35 whelen. I like a blood trail.
I’m not knocking the prime one bit. I really like them for shooting. Used them out to 1300yds. I’ll save them for that.
Dave
�The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely to be the one who dropped it.� Lou Holtz
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