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<blockquote data-quote="PrairieGhost" data-source="post: 239452" data-attributes="member: 704">My experience has been good with X bullets, but sure different than most people.&nbsp; I started shooting them in 1988.&nbsp; I have shot them in 223, 22-250, 243, 270, 308, 300WSM, and 300 Win mag.&nbsp; I have never had a deer drop on the spot except for a couple of head shots with the 223.&nbsp; I shot one buck in Montana broadside at 300 yards.&nbsp; Through both front shoulders and he ran 200 yards.&nbsp; I have never lost one, but to me it appears it takes them a few more seconds to go down.&nbsp; I liked them in my 300 mags because no matter the angle if I knew where the heart was I could reach it.&nbsp; The only downside I can see is hunting public land where an animal runs 200 yards and someone else shoots him again and he drops.&nbsp; The wound channel is good and they bleed out, but I think the reason they don't drop as fast is because penetration is so good the hillside beyond the animal absorbs more foot pounds of energy than the animal that it passed through.&nbsp; I like them, but there are others I like for other applications.&nbsp; I like Hornady ELD-X also, and for long range I like the Barnes VLD because they open well at long ranges.&nbsp; My knees are shot and I sit and wait for deer.&nbsp; Back when we could buy five or six doe license it was not uncommon to sit with four rifles on bipods and two or three different loads for each.&nbsp; 45/70 for the close things and 300 Mag with VLD for long range.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="PrairieGhost, post: 239452, member: 704"] My experience has been good with X bullets, but sure different than most people. I started shooting them in 1988. I have shot them in 223, 22-250, 243, 270, 308, 300WSM, and 300 Win mag. I have never had a deer drop on the spot except for a couple of head shots with the 223. I shot one buck in Montana broadside at 300 yards. Through both front shoulders and he ran 200 yards. I have never lost one, but to me it appears it takes them a few more seconds to go down. I liked them in my 300 mags because no matter the angle if I knew where the heart was I could reach it. The only downside I can see is hunting public land where an animal runs 200 yards and someone else shoots him again and he drops. The wound channel is good and they bleed out, but I think the reason they don't drop as fast is because penetration is so good the hillside beyond the animal absorbs more foot pounds of energy than the animal that it passed through. I like them, but there are others I like for other applications. I like Hornady ELD-X also, and for long range I like the Barnes VLD because they open well at long ranges. My knees are shot and I sit and wait for deer. Back when we could buy five or six doe license it was not uncommon to sit with four rifles on bipods and two or three different loads for each. 45/70 for the close things and 300 Mag with VLD for long range. [/QUOTE]

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