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

I wouldn't make my mind up on one shot as sometimes for reasons unknown things don't go as planned. Yesterday Beeman shot a big red stag at 304 yards dead center on the shoulder, the bullet exited behind the shoulder on the off side, the bullet 143gr ELD X out of a 260. We have shot quite a few animals with various ELD X bullets in different calibers and have found them very good.
This particular stag was different, at the shot he reared up and ran down the steep face (on a clear cut)at the bottom he turned and ran at an angle up the face and when he reached the top of the hill he staggered a bit and fell and rolled back to the bottom.
The insides were mush and the lung on the in going side had massive damage. Maybe if both lungs had been hit he would have dropped sooner. The animal was over 100kg.