Dang, I just tried HD in a friend’s 6.5 PRC with 156 EOL. Only 3 shots over the chrono but I got 2809 average from the 20” barrel (cut for a can), SD 7, ES 14. Four shot group at the range was 0.32”.
Worked pretty well.
Be advised, all the 75 gr ELDMs exited the Mule deer bucks.
First deer, 475 yards. Next buck wasn’t much over 125 yards. The third buck was 277 yards IIRC. The first two were DRT and I mean right now, the third went about 8 feet.
I’m looking forward to number 4 this October.
For anyone with several days of free time:
https://rokslide.com/forums/threads/223-for-bear-mountain-goat-deer-elk-and-moose.130488/
75 grain ELDM (my load) is a close second.
I’d get a .223 Rem that fits her. Make shooting fun and she’ll want to go shooting.
75 ELDM kills deer and I mean right now.
Three years ago, one shot.
Exit
Two years ago, one shot
Last year
It’s where you shoot them that matters most. In my experience (your mileage may vary but...
My brother wants to try the 175 ELDX in his Tikka 7mm Rem Mag. I currently load the 162 ELDX using Reloder 26 but he’s thinking about something new so I told him I’d do some research.
Anyone have a good recipe, preferably with R26?
Couldn’t resist, sorry for the hijack.
Grandpa, me, my nephew (grandson). My brother (the boy’s dad) took the pic. The boy dropped the guts, his first elk hunt. That was another special component, being part of a successful hunt (Oregon Cascades bull, too, wilderness area) on his first elk...
It’s the head of a 7mm-08 case I had cut and made into a ring. On one side is the number 11 (my 11th bull) and on the other 2013, for the year I killed him. Three generations of us on the hunt, it was special.
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