Eldx

[CamV]

I used the 162gr eldx factory loads in my .280ai for moose this year. Like an idiot I got excited and shot my tiny little bull in the shoulder at 30 ft. He didn't even flinch. Being more of an idiot I repeated the mistake, three times. Finally he started to walk away and I remembered the vitals aren't hidden in the shoulder muscles, so I put one through the lungs. He dropped right there. When I peeled him i saw that only 1 of the idiot shots actually penetrated- shattering the scapula and disintegrating. The other 3 shots grenaded on impact without fully penetrating the hide.

Has anyone else experienced performance like this?
Am I expecting more out of the ammo than it can give?
Should I start reloading with accubonds/partitions?

I only use this stuff as my kimber will put 5 rounds of it into one ragged hole. I'm not attached to it in any way

 

[emerson]

Same thing happened to me with the ELDX on a bear with a 338WM. Explosive. Also happened with an SST on a bear out of a 30-06.

 

[PatchRat]

Ya, I would say its time to switch over if you plan on hunting moose again. The front shoulder for a first shot isn't usually a bad idea, but you have to be confident that you're taking that shoulder out.

 

[WhelanLad]

happen to have any photos, so often hear about it but , never see it, so to speak.

 

[WhelanLad]

Has anyone else experienced performance like this?
Am I expecting more out of the ammo than it can give? Sort of, it is just a cup n core, thin jacket...high velocity, recipe for failure
Should I start reloading with accubonds/partitions? sort of, if you aim for shoulders on mooses

hope that worked

 

[CamV]

No pictures. I never think about them until a week or so later.

 

[Sun_and_Steel_77]

happen to have any photos, so often hear about it but , never see it, so to speak.

I second this...no disrespect to the OP but I have a hard time wrapping my head around an ELD-X at 2900FPS "splashing" twice on a scapula and seeing is believing.