Here’s what I got for the in 300 win mag shooting the 212 eldx, with Petersons long brass, a near max load of H1000, fed 215, and muzzle velocity at 2963FPS. The gun is a Seekins Havak with a 26in barrel and 10twist barrel and a NX8 (I love this gun). Sometime suppressed sometimes not.
First is a bull elk at 300 yards, impact velocity was at 2642. Shot was a frontal and bullet placement was between the crease in the neck and front shoulder. Completely liquified the lungs and internal organs. No exit but he instantly dropped and you can see the carnage coming out of his mouth and nose. I didn’t dig the bullet out of his insides but his lungs were jelly.
Second is a whitetail at 364 yards. Impact velocity was around 2570fps. Single shot in the heart. There was no heart left and the bullet stopped in the off side shoulder with minimal meat damage. Sorry I didn’t take pictures of his insides but there was massive damage.
Here’s another bull shot at 315 yards. Impact was at 2625 fps. First shot was in the crease of the neck and front shoulder (got more shoulder) and the second shot was into the lungs as he turned. The first shot most likely would have killed him and did massive
damage to the front part of his chest cavity and shoulder. The bullet did fragment a lot and I had to cut around the blood shot area. The second shot Completely destroyed his lungs and they were jelly as well. Sorry I was bad at taking damage pictures here too.
Another bull at 120 yards with impact velocity around 2827 fps. Shot was in the neck and he never left His bed. Bullet fragmented a ton and was not fun biting into when I made neck roast.
Heres a whitetail from this year. Shot at 450 yards with a 15mph cross wind. Shot was into the front shoulder and he dropped in his tracks. Impact velocity was 2485fps and the bullet was recovered. It weighed 106.4 after being recovered. Did fragment a lot and had some meat damage but not horrible.
Last for the 300 win mag is a muley buck shot at 460 yards with a 12mph head on wind. The shot was quartering to and placed right behind the shoulder into the top of the lungs. Impact velocity was 2453 fps. Bullet turned the lungs into jelly, took out some spine bone and stopped on the off side hide. Bullet weighed 68.7 grains upon recovery.
I did take better pics here and this seems to be pretty consistent as far as weight retention after this bullet hits bone or a hard surface.
All in all, I really like the 212 eldx and it’s done everything I’ve needed it to. Have a bunch more kills with it but they’re boring 1 shot kills with just a bunch of internal damage.