Thread: 6.5mm 143gr ELD-X first load development

Originally Posted by Uplandstalker

So the question on every bodies lips; did the tips not melting make a difference?

Not at 100m.
The new design might improve terminal performance on animals but I haven't had enough experience with the AMAX to know for sure, and since the AMAX looks to be discontinued in 6.5mm I might as well try these out sooner rather than later.

Well aparently they kill "water jugs " at 50 yards no problem at good speed too
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It does look like 46.2 or .3 would be the most accurate. Was this done with a suppressor or bare barrel?

With suppressor.

Didn't know you had a 20" barrel .
loads twixt 46 and 46.5 are looking good then,

Cheers guys. I have 46, 46.2, 46.4 & 46.6 loaded up for trialling.

Finally got to test out the ELD-X out at long range and the results were very good (for me). I'm usually really on and off but these were extremely consistent. Was able to establish a constant POI and then bomb the back gong 3 times in a row at 1023m. After taking down a few various ranges I put a few 5 shot groups at 100m and tried a couple of new positions. I'm finding I prefer the diagonal position prone lying at 45 deg to the target.


Then these trying out using a sling which did make a nice group but it wasn't over the point of aim and then I fluffed a group