Thread: 175eldx or 180eldm

I have no experience with 7mm eldm/x but used both in 30 cal and my vote is with the eldm (assuming they behave the same between 7mm & 30 cal). 200gr eldx @ 2870 killed well at distance (im talking 450m+) but much closer than that it would often pencil straight through even putting them into solid shoulder bone on fairly big animals. Ive found the 178gr ELDM @ 3060 much more effective does just as well at distance (maybe not real far out but inside 700m) but more importantly it works alot better than the ELDX at closer distances (2-300 type thing). Even hitting shoulder bone i havent had any blow ups and its put down 6 deer in a row now without them moving more than a step. When i was using the ELDX i shot a sika spiker through both front shoulders but it didnt hit anything super solid, pencilled through and the little prick made it over 150m before expiring. However i run 143gr ELDX in my 6.5 creedmoor & havent had any issues even sub 100m shots tend to anchor them on the spot for the most part. Maybe the jacket is thinner / slightly different design in the 6.5 cal projectiles.