Thread: First fail - 6.5mm 143gr ELD-X

Big effort there to recover that deer. I thing it's possibly a case of ELD-X for shorter ranges and ELD-M for past ???? 300 mtr particularly on lighter animals.
I lost a large red hind in may from a 30 mtr shot with and I can't remember which it was but either an 6mm ELD-M or a Berger VLD at 3000 fps. It bolted 20 mtrs into steep bush dropping to a river. While we were not as diligent as you where we did not find any blood but both heard the impact. (surface blow up?????)
On goats at 100-400 meters these have been great.
Zq