xphunter
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Thank you.Spotter shot or not, still very impressive.
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75 gr ELD-M, .223 Rem, Mule deer buck
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xphunter
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@pharmseller ,
My apologies for derailing your thread.
I agree and have been a fan of the A-Max and ELD-M for certain applications for a long time.
My apologies for derailing your thread.
I agree and have been a fan of the A-Max and ELD-M for certain applications for a long time.
remingtonman_25_06
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It's kinda funny, you wouldn't imagine all the flack I get for using them for LR big game hunting. Really only by people who don't know any better or different though so it doesnt bother me any...They certainly have their place for hunting if you know their limitations and do your job as a shooter. A close range, bone crushing bullet they are not. But give me a 300+ yard shot and they are my bullet of choice anyday for high shoulder/lung shots. They just plain work!
xphunter
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Agreed.
They have been repeatably proven to work real good on tissue.
remingtonman_25_06
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The only other target bullet I've used with great success was the big 338" 300g SMK from the 338 EDGE at 2850fps. It smacked elk like you wouldn't believe and left baseball size exits out to 900 yards. But I much prefer my little 7mm Mags these days with 180s, they're just a tad easier to shoot.
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I remember that elk killing machine.
It was a hammer.
JD338
It was a hammer.
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remingtonman_25_06
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Last I knew, the 3rd owner of that rifle has killed a few elk and bears with it and absolutely loves it, and will never sell it. Still shooting the 300g SMKs with 92g H1K. It was a hammer indeed, on both ends 
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pharmseller
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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.
Update to this past season, same load and rifle. All set up for 600 yards (my max) and this guy comes into the field at maybe 90 yards.
I was hunting solo and I figured this was the one God wanted me to take. One shot, straight down, exit.
I’m sold on the .223, it’s an angry little cartridge.
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pharmseller
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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 hunt.
A single Nosler (!) 140 grain Partition from a 7mm-08.
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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 hunt.
A single Nosler (!) 140 grain Partition from a 7mm-08.
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