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So FG... based on all your testing (thank you for that) which bullet are you sticking with for your primary .308 load?
I just bought my first .308 and looking for a do it all bullet and load.

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Appreciate your efforts on this!! I'm surprised the NBT out-penetrated the NPT, albeit by a tad and it separated.

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The 168nbt works well in the '06' too. I like it better than the 165 AB as I get better accuracy and a bit quicker kills with it over the AB's.

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Every one of those bullets would have done the job. It is amazing that there was only a couple inches difference in penetration, even with the heavier bullet.


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Hmmmm, a shadow is cast upon the unearned reputation of the ELDX. And the aura of light properly returned to the Nosler Partition. smile


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Great Tests Fall Guy, Thank You.

Any one of those bullets would work at any range under 250 yds. in a 308 Winchester. The ELD-X and Nosler BT will also work better and retain more weight at longer ranges.

Considering only the two the better weight retaining bullets, you need to consider looking at minimum expansion thresholds at longer ranges. Both the 30 caliber 165 Nosler Partition and the 30 caliber Barnes 130 Grain TTSX have minimum expansion thresholds of somewhere between 2000 and 1800 FPS.

The 165 gr Nosler Partition, started at 2650 FPS, hits 2000 FPS at about 290 yds at sea level. 1800 FPS is reached at about 380 yds.

The Barnes 130 gr TTSX, started at 3150 FPS hits 2000 FPS at about 440 yds. at sea level. 1800 FPS is reached at about 530 yds.

Nothing earth shattering about those numbers, but something that should be considered when choosing the correct bullet for how and where you hunt.

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A friend of mine just killed a 5by5 elk with a 143 x bullet from a 6.5prc. 175 yards . Touched rear of shoulder blade and proceeded to come apart. Blew a2inch hole in the rib cage and made it just far enough to bruise the first lung. Blood shot meat all the way up to backstraps. The bull went a little ways and laid down and died. Bullet failure? Dead elk! No holes into heart or lungs. Ed k

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I think I came across as a bit of a smart ass above. It was really just my own response to my experience with the 145 ELDX in 270. For years I shot nothing but 150 Partitions for everything which made for an all around load for deer, antelope and elk. Over the years that load took over twenty antelope and several deer but ironically, no elk.

Last year I loaded up with the ELDX but shot only a coyote with it with a straight on shot at about 20 yards. It blew up in fairly spectacular fashion. The Partition would have made a full pass through and exit.

Accuracy of the ELDX in my rifle did not live up to the billing. Probably because the sleek shape and length left it a ways off the lands when loaded as long as the magazine allows. Accuracy wasn't poor, but didn't come up to what the Partition did.


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Originally Posted by Longcruise
I think I came across as a bit of a smart ass above. It was really just my own response to my experience with the 145 ELDX in 270. For years I shot nothing but 150 Partitions for everything which made for an all around load for deer, antelope and elk. Over the years that load took over twenty antelope and several deer but ironically, no elk.

Last year I loaded up with the ELDX but shot only a coyote with it with a straight on shot at about 20 yards. It blew up in fairly spectacular fashion. The Partition would have made a full pass through and exit.

Accuracy of the ELDX in my rifle did not live up to the billing. Probably because the sleek shape and length left it a ways off the lands when loaded as long as the magazine allows. Accuracy wasn't poor, but didn't come up to what the Partition did.


A lot of bullet hype, is just that-hype. Most hunting situations don't call for mega-bc bullets and that is all that the ELDX has to offer. A friend gave me some to test, and they were good in my .260, but nothing spectacular. I prefer the plain old Interlock bullets. I shoot the 147 ELDM in my Creed, and it hammers deer and steel with authority. If you don't shoot past 500 yards, the fancy shmancy bullets really don't bring that much to the table. The 129 and 140 Interlocks shoot 1/2-3/4 moa in my rifles and the 150 Interlock is a 1/2 moa bullet in my 308 and -06. They have killed a lot of deer for me, with no doubt as to the outcome.


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Got to agree with that thinking.


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