mightyhunter
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A couple of weeks ago, I shot a 3 year old muley buck here in Wyoming. I was shooting my Sako 85 in .300 Winchester Magnum with a 178 grain Hornady ELDX bullet being pushed by 72 grains of H4831SC. While quartering the buck, I discovered a 33 grain portion of the bullet in the opposite shoulder. The shoulder did have some blood shot. The recovered portion of the bullet appeared to just be the copper jacket from the bullet. The shot was at least 200 yards. This bullet has proven to be very accurate for me. I have taken a few other bucks with the same load and also a bighorn ram without recovering any portion of the bullet. Those shots were all in the 200 yard to 350 yard range. The buck was down almost immediately. Has anyone else had this type of experience with the ELDX bullet? mh