Thread: Norma Bondstrike

Originally Posted by GWH

The terminal performance looks good and nice and reliable inside 500 yards (their max test distance) It'd be interesting to see what the expansion looks like out further all the way out to 1,000 yards, I'm thinking once its gets out beyond 700 ish the expansion and terminal performance might not be that great.

Ive just grabbed a box of 225 gr eldm's which I'm about to test in my 26" barreled 300 Rum. The 225gr has a G1 BC of .777 and I should be able to push them to 3,000 fps with Re33 no prob.

I hear reports of excellent and reliable terminal performance (expansion and penetration) with fast kills with a number of deer taken out to 900 yards shooting the 225gr from a 300WM, so I'm thinking the 225gr eldm should be just the ticket for my extended range hunting with the 300 RUM. At a muzzle velocity of 3k, out at 1,000 yards it should still deliver 1800+ Ft Lbs and 1900 fps impact velocity, which sounds like it's still enough for decent expansion.

The 180gr Bondstrike may be a good option for me for any closer shots that arise however, or one of the mono's.

I've heard equally bad results I swear someone on here had a big magnum that penciled the 225 eld ms. I shot them slow out of a 16.5" 308 and they killed well at 350-450yards on the few Cham I shot. All bang flops muzzle velocity of 2400fps