Thread: ELD-Match for hunting?

Originally Posted by Remington 5R .300 Win Mag

Hmm, interesting. When I was looking for a 30 cal bullet to stop deer, when I was working up a load for my .300 Win Mag, a member on this forum (can't remember who it was) said Quote "try the .208 A-Max bullets, they'll punch 'fist sized' holes in deer out to 800 yards" Unquote! And by golly he was right, you shoot it in the front end, you can expect to walk out carrying only the rear end and and back steaks at best!

Now, from what I'm gathering most people seem to reckon the .225 ELD-M bullets are virtually a .225 grain version of the A-Max, only with a non melt tip?

The problem I'm faced with is, the .225 ELD-M's are one of the very few bullets that shoot ok in my new'ish' 30 cal rifle, .240 SMK's are another, however, the SMK's have the complete opposite effect and don't expand, therefore you get to acquire nearly 100% of the meat yield, yay! The negative to that is, sooner or later I'm gonna get one that's not hit so well, and he's gonna run to oblivion, and I'm never going to find him... one extreme to the other!

Yeah, you are on the money there about the 208 Amax .

So far I haven’t seen the 225’s behaving like an Amax at all. Probably shot around half a dozen animals with that projectile. I haven’t used SMKs so am not sure. Tried them in a 270 and yeah, not much meat damage haha.

Have you tried the 215 Bergers? I am trying them in my Norma and it looks very promising so far, accuracy wise. Haven’t shot a deer with it. Little bit less recoil too.

As far as animals running away, it’s not much fun at all. That last deer above was my first really hard find, and I don’t want to do it again.

Thanks


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