Oh and 0.5 MOA and 2795 fps.
I've read alot of threads about the bullets not holding together. The first shot on my elk (505 yards) was a heart/lung, bull staggered, guide said great hit, put another one in him. He was starting to go down and I hit him along the back, blew out a piece of his spine and the bullet exited thru his front leg/shoulder breaking the bone.
The mule deer was a heart/lung and looked like it was hit with a truck, front legs lifted off the ground and he fell back on his hind legs and then flopped. Had a pass thru and the insides were turned to jelly.
So based on that limited data I'm sticking with them!
thanks, Personally I have had great results with the ELDx bullet but in other calibers and diameters both at close and relatively long range. I shoot Bergers out of most of my rifles for hunting and target and am used to the terminal performance of those bullets. I feel like the ELDx does as advertised holding 40% of its weight at high velocity and still expanding down range. My feedback on close range (under 100 yards) is that they do as advertised.My comment was a general response to 30 cal ELDX performance, not an exact comparison. There have been very mixed reviews on this bullet. I actually was bit hesitant to try it but talked to a few friends who had hunted with it and they had success. So far in my 2 shot experience it has performed. I'll continue to evaluate the performance over time, but for now I think I found my bullet of choice.
Just a note on my Tikka 308, it loves Federal Fusions. My son has shot several whitetails with them and it has been bang flop!