300 H&H with Hornady ELD-X 212 Grain bullet

[phil300H&H]

Hi fellow riflemen, anybody loaded and tried the Hornady ELD-X in the 300 H&H with 212 grain and 220 grain bullets?

 

[Just a dude in BC]

Hi fellow riflemen, anybody loaded and tried the Hornady ELD-X in the 300 H&H with 212 grain and 220 grain bullets?

Did you ever figure this out? I am about to embark on the same journey.

 

[DSchmidt]

I used the 220 ELDX in my 300 PRC last fall for an elk and I wasn't super impressed. The elk couldn't have been more dead, but I hit it twice where it counts and one bullet disintegrated, and the other was mostly gone, lodged in the off side hide. I have decent accuracy with them, but I'm looking for a different bullet for my safari.

 

[Just a dude in BC]

I used the 220 ELDX in my 300 PRC last fall for an elk and I wasn't super impressed. The elk couldn't have been more dead, but I hit it twice where it counts and one bullet disintegrated, and the other was mostly gone, lodged in the off side hide. I have decent accuracy with them, but I'm looking for a different bullet for my safari.

Interesting, I had one partially blow up (178 eldx from 308) in a large whitetail. but 2/3 of the bullet penetrated well though. In the end it smashed the heart and caused him to drop on the spot. So while I will use them, I think using heavy ones and assuming half the bullet will ablate in the animal is how you have to think about them.
IN a 300 h&h they will be moving slower than a 300 prc, so blowup should be lessened. For africa though, I would not use them.

 

[Josh P]

I have a handful of vintage Win 220gr projectiles, but I'll need to start looking for something suitable to replace them myself. If anyone has a proven bullet, there's probably enough interest to warrant sharing.

 

[Just a dude in BC]

I have a handful of vintage Win 220gr projectiles, but I'll need to start looking for something suitable to replace them myself. If anyone has a proven bullet, there's probably enough interest to warrant sharing.

There is a 220gr partition that fits that eight and bill. But the BC is not great. under 200 it would be perfect.

 

[Graham Hunter]

A bunch of us here have used them on Deer, Elk and Moose. Work great on the Deer. Petals typically come of but do a lot of devastation inside. I would use the new Hornady CX especially on heavy game. Have had excellent results with them and prefer them over Barnes T TSX. Or the good old Nosler Partition.

 

[pc3]

I am considering taking my .300 along with .416 to Africa...loaded with Hornady 212 ELDX's.

I did shoot a Tahr on the Sth. Island NZ in July this year...hit well guide and I thought but got into a spot it couldn't be recovered. So I cannot confirm how they performed.

Range was 330 yards.

I'd have thought they would work well on plains game.


Son shot his at 150 yards with speer 150 gr hot cors from his .270...they worked well

 

[Hogpatrol]

ELD-X aka Berger VLDH with a ballistic tip.

 

[50Gunner]

HogPatrol, agreed, I haven't used the bullets in the OP myself, were I to do so I'd dang sure keep em in the ribcage, my 300 H&H is an old 1951 year model pre-64 Winchester Model 70 standard rifle, it lives on 200gr A-Frames, Partitions and 220gr partitions all over H-4831 SC.

2780 to 2900 fps will get a whole lot done in the game fields, 300 H&H sits near the top of my favorite Cartridges.