ELD-X for Black Bears?

[Wildstreak]

Title pretty much says it. Looking for thoughts on 162 ELD-X bullets out of a 280 ackley for black bears. Time has not been my friend this year making load development nearly impossible. Thinking about shooting factory ammo.

TIA

 

[DaleW]

Me and my group used the 162 eldx out of the 28 nosler pretty extensively for around 4 years. It's an extremely effective, versatile bullet. Even at 3250fps at the muzzle we never had a bullet "blow up" like so many are(incorrectly) worried about.

There's a lot of info on here about bullet terminal performance, I'd recommend doing a search.

 

[S-3 ranch]

Wouldn’t bother me at all, my 1st bear was with a .280 Remington, 150gr Winchester PP , 200 meters in the shoulder = DRT
the eldx probably will have core & jacke separate, if that bothers you well , shoot a bonded bullet then

 

[PNWGATOR]

Me and my group use a .223 with a variety of bullets including a 77TMK.

Lots of options out there.

Some greatly more effective than others, especially in ways that matter.

 

[Rock-o]

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[Mark at EXO]

ELD-X is at the top of my list for black bears. And I don't feel that way about the ELD-X for every other species.

 

[WoodBow]

It will work great.