Lol. No idea why I said “chronometer” three times. Obviously, I meant “chronograph.”

@ballisticintegrity9741

2 жыл бұрын

I think the audience will know what you meant.

@artardz

2 жыл бұрын

Nice shootin'!

@thomasford2946

2 жыл бұрын

Clearly you are new to this whole rifle thing!😂

@ballisticintegrity9741

2 жыл бұрын

@@thomasford2946 🤣

@inalaska1709

2 жыл бұрын

Were you using the 143 gr?

Finally someone shooting gel at range. Always thought people shooting gel at 15 yards and trying to convey the difference between something like a 10.3" and 14.5" AR15 were really not doing the experiment justice.

@arthurshingler2025

8 ай бұрын

And hitting it at that range!

only a gun nerd would understand the excitement!!! great shots!

@coltruger2553

Жыл бұрын

Mega dittos!!

Wow, epic shooting man! Nobody else ever shoots gel at long range. This video delivered!

First, that was some darn good shooting. Second, your explanation of what you were doing at every stage was very well explained and easy to follow. Finally, I love the fact you did real world distance testing into gel. It gives hunters solid information they can use.

@nsaechao84ns

2 жыл бұрын

I had a pass through on my cow hunt at 500 yards through the lungs shooting up at an angle. Didnt hit bone. 6.5 creedmoor eldx 143gr.

@larrymitchell3502

2 жыл бұрын

@@nsaechao84nsCow elk? Surprised you didn't hit a rib, just by chance. What kinda damage / how far did she go?

@larrymitchell3502

2 жыл бұрын

@gsh341 Second this. Real data @,considerable effort. Thank you.

@nsaechao84ns

2 жыл бұрын

@@larrymitchell3502 Didnt blow up like a ballistic tip inside. Just pushed through with okay size hole about a half dollar diameter. Exit side was little bigger but didnt get that picture. Less than 10 yards and dropped. Saw blood trail on the ground from the back side where it walked and fell over.

Your wife is a great woman for putting up with this stuff.

@arthurshingler2025

8 ай бұрын

Yeah, my wife would do it once, and then she'd take the keys, and drive home in the car...leaving me out there!

I love that your wife does this stuff with you and her laughing at your excitement at the end is wholesome. My wife doesn't mind my love of guns but she's not super interested when I nerd out about them. Probably because she knows every time I nerd out a new gun or gun accessory appears in the safe. Which has been over filled since I got it pretty much.

Thumbs up on keeping the first shots on there, when you forgot to adjust the scope. All of us do it from time to time but most people would edit that out. 👍

I entered your 2600fps muzzle velocity 143gr eld-x bullet with G1 BC of .625 into federals ballistics calculator and according to that the bullet would be traveling at 1825 feet per second at 600 yards. While still having 1057 ft lbs of energy. Impressive performance!

@thatoneguy454c

Жыл бұрын

Considering that your average 5.56 out of a 16 inch barrel only carries between 1200 and 1300 ft lb at the muzzle I would say that would still be very effective. At 1100 yards with that load you would still have about the same energy as a 147 grain 9mm at the muzzle. You might not get expansion at 1100 yards but it is most definitely still lethal.

@arthurshingler2025

8 ай бұрын

Yes it is! But I still wouldn't shoot at game at that distance.

Best part of the video was your wife commenting on how happy you looked. Great info! Thanks for all the work you did to bring this to us, I'm glad that you enjoyed yourself!

Awesome!!! I ABSOLUTELY LOVE that you and your wife get to do that together! You 2 are awesome! Keep the great content coming! Btw… you have a truck, time to get a trailer and SXS!!!!

@backfire

2 жыл бұрын

More of a boat guy 😀

@ryanbernard6550

2 жыл бұрын

@@backfire por que no los dos?

@blakejohnson2381

2 жыл бұрын

@@backfire do you ever go fishing 🎣

Hornady has a big smile on their face with those ELD-Xs opening up and then passing right through the gel....

Fantastic footage! Really hope to see this explored with other common calibres.

Thanks for this and great job doing it! I appreciate how difficult testing, let alone filming this can be.

Your channel is my absolute favorite! Great information. Great narrator! Love your attitude & integrity!

I've been looking for videos like this for years!! Do more calibers!! So awesome! I'd love to see this with a 300 wm or a 270 or other common hunting rounds and bullets!!!

Thank you guys for taking the time and being willing to do these kind of things for the rest of us that may not have the time and resources this gives me a good starting point

Always wanted to see gel in further distances and now I can. Thanks. Good stuff.

Outstanding! Thank you so much for putting out such real world experience. Good shooting Sir! Very impressive. It is wonderful that your wife is out there with you. Family first in the under the sun realm. Good show.

Well done, Sir. The shooting, the footage, the test, everything.

By far the best long distance test of the eldx I've seen. I'm happy it performed as well as it did, now I will have the confidence to make those longer shots if necessary while hunting deer.

Impressive test with some serious results.

Finally....someone shot gel at a realistic range....well done! Keep up the good work. Side note...well done on keeping the kids shooting.

Ive came back ad watched this several times. Thanks for posting, and great marksmanship.

Way cool video. Thanks for all the work you did to make it. Its so great to have real world data we can point to and make comparisons.

Great job. You're really coming into your own with added skill and knowledge.

This is a great test! Testing them 15 or 20 yards from the muzzle is useless. Nobody shoots anything that close. Realistic ranges are much more useful information. Thanks.

@jasondauria6336

Жыл бұрын

Whatever it is, at 15 or 20 yards it's getting the side arm. 🙌

Great shooting and impressive results. The Creedmoor really punches above it's weight.

That was a lot of work. Thank you, both of you for doing this testing, filming it, and running to the cameras to make sure we get to see it too. I’m thinking of starting a petition to officially change the name of chronographs to chronometers.

Extremely timely video. Yesterday I got up at 5:30 am to go to the desert and shoot my 6.5 Creedmore at 600 yards, a first for me. I handloaded 40gr H4250 with 140gr ELDM bullets seated up close to the lands. Last time out this rifle shot .7moa in the heat with the first 2 rounds in the center of the bull. Chronometer measured 2602fps just like yours. I messed up the ballistic calculator and came up with a setting of up 12.75 moa. I will be going back for day 2 using 14.5 and hope to be more successful like you. Thanks for all the videos.

Awesome!! We need more of these test. I would love to see 308 same test!!

I love both of these calibers. They do not disappoint.

Lucky guy. Nice rifle and great support team. Excellent video, thanks.

A lot of work went into making that vid, thank you for it, I really enjoyed it.

Been wanting to see a video like this for forever. Thanks

What a great video all around. Good info for hunters for their real world application, great relationship with the wife, and phenomenal shooting at 600yds

Great video!!! Even better footage!!! Just incredible!!

Awesome work. That smile is well deserved. Thanks for your creativity and hard work.

Get your wife in more videos. She seems delightful lol. Also, if you remain dubious about the creedmoor, try this with a Paul Harrell-esque 'meat target'... then you can have a cookout afterwords too

Very impressive, also this channel is the best you guys do some great stuff

That was a seriously interesting video. I really enjoyed it. Congratulations.

Love your channel dude. All the different segments you do are great!

Finally someone shooting gel at long range!

Best gel video for rifles yet! Shows real world results

Great video. Takes theory and puts it into application. Very, very well done.

Thanks for this video I wish more channels would do the same with gel test. Nice shooting

The wife's commentary was a nice addition to the entertainment value!

Fantastic shooting and amazing results

I am from RSA. Shot many blue wildebeest in my life. They are tough as hell. I once wounded one using my 375 H&H, never to be seen again. Also witnessed one run over 1km after a bad shot from a 460 Wby. Shot placement must be spot on with these animals. Recently shot 3 using 90gr Accubonds in my .243 Win. All head shots between 100m-150m. Local farmers joke that they sell most wildbeest twice, as most hunters only wound them. Happens to ALL of us.

@M240D

2 жыл бұрын

.243 is KING in the Midwest in the USA. Great for varmints on up to the corn fed, white tail deer we have here

@bigjon576

2 жыл бұрын

@@M240D I got a Winchester model 70 in 243. I love it but haven't gotten anything with it yet.

@NotYoAverageJoe

2 жыл бұрын

Baie mooi Gert, daai goed is superhero bokke.

@gertbotha9980

2 жыл бұрын

Dankie Joe!

I just now seen your video posted 4 months ago good work please make more videos like this you were the only one I ever seen the long range ballistics jail testing

Awesome. I just bought a Bergara B14 Hunter in 6.5 Creedmoor. Since I'm almost 70 years old, I wanted something that would be my go-to gun and would be easier on my shoulder than the .30-06 that I've had for over 40 years. I think I've found the gun I need. Thank you for putting this together and sharing it with us. God bless, Miles P.S. Chronometer/Chronograph... whatever. We all know what you meant, and most of us, I'll bet, didn't even catch it.

Thanks, for the video! The power of Mr. 6.5 is awesome.

The ELD-X is a decent bullet at lower velocities and will do the job on deer sized game at pretty much any ethical distance. I've even heard of people killing elk with them but I shot a doe in the neck 2 years ago at 75 yards and it didn't come out the other side... I shot an 80lb hog in the front shoulder at under 100 yards the same year and it didn't come out the other side and both were using the 143gr ELD-X in 6.5 Creedmoor. I wanted to like this bullet because it's an extremely accurate one and these could've been very rare results to have but I made the decision that year if it isn't a bonded or an all copper bullet outside of a few exceptions I don't hunt with them. Still a great video as always keepem coming brother!!!

@stevepirie8130

2 жыл бұрын

All copper? You mean the entire round or just FMJ? I saw the other day you folks have different laws in each state and all copper was mentioned. Just interested thanks.

@4mrholsterco981

Жыл бұрын

The 140gr eldm has a thinner jacket. Exited the whitetail at 300 yards (6.5 creed). Perfect double lung and the deer dropped like a sack of potatoes. Exit hole was small, but the damage to the lungs was like looking at what my 30-06 using 180gr bullets has. Never found much eldx in stock then but I did find a lot of eldm so I was stocked up. Didn’t find any pieces of the jacket or find the bullet so I’m not sure how well it stayed together. 125 grain Winchester deer season didn’t shoot well out of my rifle, but seems good out of a browning a bolt, my sister shot a whitetail with that and it dropped, and had exit so if your rifle likes them that could work for you.

You make the best darn videos. I just love them and learn so much. I live in the California (I know) and I just hate it. I haven't been able to buy primers for reloading for over 2 years. Bass Pro won't stock them because it cuts into the ammo sales and they make you join their "club" if you want to buy more than $100. worth of ammo at a time. Of course joining their club is contingent upon applying for and being granted their own credit card. No credit card, no quantity ammo sales. Total ripoff. Keep up the good work!!!

I’m glad to see this I hear a lot about the 6.5 not being enough to hunt with but this definitely shows that it’s capable.

Thoroughly enjoyed this one. Wow, who knew the Creed still hits that hard at long range? You see the numbers but jeez to see it penetrate and make a wound cavity like that and exit again, wow Hard to argue with those results and fantastic marksmanship btw, that group at 600 is fire.

Great shooting! Being able to trust your ammo is extremely important.

Great video, can't wait to see the same test with different calibers

Now that's stuff hardly any one shows so cool!!

NIce I never seen nobody done anything like this before.. good job.

That was some excellent shooting. I'm damn impressed. Well done.

This content is the best on YT. Thank you Sir!

I love that hornady app - take the time to input every single data point - it is amazing

Excellent shooting man, good work! That's a solid effort for 600.

thanks for posting this video, this is real info that all us long rang hunter's like to see.

Excellent testing over long ranges matching hunting distances

Awsome video 6.5 creed is Awsome, and you shoot really well,thanks for all the info,and hard work

Amazing results!!! Wow

Great video you guys! I’ve always wanted to see this test too. Appreciate it 👏🏻

Man your videos are fun and informative. I sure wish we could use suppressors here in Canada.

that is an awesome video and provides great 👍 insight to terminal performance. I hope u do videos on other calibers using this same test and same bullet.

Great video all the way around 👍👍👍

Hello from Nashville. My aunt is LDS and I lived in Fredonia, AZ just south of Kanab, UT. I spent 3 months out there. Dude you remind me of the kind folks out there.

Excellent video. I've not seen or heard of anyone else shooting those gel blocks at anything like 600 yrds &, to shoot it 3 times. That's some good shooting there brother. Good to see you've got the misses running around after your every command. Good stuff. Treat em mean, keep em keen I always say.

Awesome test. I’ve been waiting for someone to make a video testing bullets at long range for a while

Point very well proven 🥂👍❣️ love this thought & efforts to share great bullet behavior. 👍👍😊

Very good shooting. Always great having shooting videos in the off hunting season. 6.5 CM good hunting round for medium game and excellent for shooting having mild recoil. Considered getting one but I’m an old timer and sticking with old time .243 since I live and hunt/shoot in the southeast US. Enjoyed video.

Wow !! thanks for the effort in making this, that is just incredible to see at this distance ! If only you had something like an off road capable e-scooter like those Dualtrons to get to the target quickly.

I would love to see this test with the 127 LRX at 400 yards. Also maybe some catch block or a backer so we can see the bullets. Great content!

@biggs8729

2 жыл бұрын

Second this one. For my 6.5 CM, 127 LRX and at my elevation, 9000-12,000 ft, 500 yards is the outer limit I think for good expansion.

@WayStedYou

2 жыл бұрын

Or just use 20% gel instead of 10%

@A14275

2 жыл бұрын

@@biggs8729 the 127 LRX is capable of reliable expansion out to 700 yards or more @9500 ASL at fall hunting temps. 1800fps still expands well, though obviously less than closer ranges.

We're used to seeing gel get shot at 20m, good to see what happens at range. All those people who say bullets lose energy at longer range, yeah but it'll still do the job.

Amazing shooting. Can't wait to get the 6.5 prc. Doubt I'll ever hit 3 -600 yard shots in a row. Great job. Amazed at penetration .

Man, I love your work and energy you put into these videos. I get so much grief for shooting the 6.5 Creedmoor, but unjust don’t care. I haven’t had an animal walk off on me yet.

@jarek0737

2 жыл бұрын

Except what have you shot with it? At what distances? See it's not just about 6.5... Everyone acts like it doesn't matter as long as you make a clean impact. The point I make is energy transfer. It passed through you say.. Well of course it did, but did it transfer energy efficiently? That is the truly debatable part. Along with it doesn't carry as what i consider enough energy, especially at the distances people are trying to harvest game.. You can clearly tell even in this video.. If there was bone or anything with heavy flesh you have to pass through.. Would it? I would say possibly but, not being a humane kill probably.. Deer is one thing.. The punchline, The thing that bothers me is people have shot caribou and moose at great distance with it. I have myself witnessed 3 events as they put 4-5 rounds in these animals over 400+ yards. Literally trying to take them down.. Did they die? Yes, eventually.. Was it humane and ethical, I would argue not remotely.. Yet people online are still swearing by it..

@Txm8de

2 жыл бұрын

@@jarek0737 I have seen and experienced the exact opposite. At the end of say I don’t shoot it pass 500 yards. There is enough energy out to 600 yards. No matter what round anyone uses shot placement is still the key. I have seen game run off with a 300 WM and 7mm REM MAG. Once again shot placement is key.

@mrmatt7210

Жыл бұрын

@@jarek0737 Your post brings up an interesting question which you may be qualified to answer. You comment on the need for "efficient energy transfer" but in what "form" is the energy of the bullet transferred to the game which was shot? With this question answered, how would you measure the amount of energy transferred to compare its efficiency to other similar bullets?

@10-4CodyWade

7 ай бұрын

@@mrmatt7210 To understand energy transfer consider the bullet before it's fired. Energy is transferred to the bullet by the pressure exerted on the base. Pressure x Surface area x distance gives you the amount of energy. Larger caliber or longer barrel will = more energy. After leaving the bore, energy is transferred to the air during the bullet's flight. Here you want to minimize energy loss so a smaller caliber and/or shorter flight path are better. When the bullet hits an animal it's the same story. Energy is transferred via surface area, pressure, and distance. A skinny bullet will lose less energy than a fatter bullet. The energy retained upon impact will be converted into 3 main areas: Bullet deformation, tissue damage, and if the bullet exits then the 3rd area is just wasted in the dirt. Frontal area, which varies with bullet diameter squared, is a huge factor in both bullet acceleration and deceleration (tissue damage). Of course "shot placement is key" is the phrase used by people who hunt with small calibers. It has a lot of truth to it. But why would you intentionally handicap yourself by requiring a perfect shot on the animal you're hunting? Larger calibers cause more damage and give you more latitude for acceptable shot placement. Unless you're a child or a very small woman I don't see any reason to carry a gun that's only adequate for taking game with ideal shot placement. The phrase, "Use the biggest gun you can shoot well" is much better advice if you want quick kills.

Very informative video!! Good job!

I really enjoy the videos you and your wife post, makes me happy. God bless you guys and your marriage.

Thats some good shooting, man.

Really cool. Nice job on that!

You are the only person I know that actually shoots a ballistic gel at long range finally I get to see some actual testing in my opinion. I would however like to see the same test, with a standard setup AR-15 16" barrel chambered in 5.56/223 but with both cartridges and M193 & M855 this I need to see besides the fact I don't think it has been done

Great video man

man admiring his ballistic gel life doesn't get much better than that

Great video! I hunt with a Barrett Fieldcraft in 6.5 creedmoor, currently shooting Hornady eldx 143 grain

Great show

Nice Job- looks like fun!

Consistently good videos. I just got a tikka in 6.5c so definitely liking these videos, more tikka videos

Great Video! I know the PRC eldx worked great at 725 on an antelope. 525 on another one. They're pretty devastating inside 400. Love em

I fully understand the groaning while laying prone n getting up. The struggle is real 🤣 I just turned 37 and I'm in decent shape and it is just a part of life 🙃

Awesome shooting. Cool idea for a video also. I think there’s a reason no one else does long range ballistic tests on gel! Not easy

This may be the best and most useful video you have done. I have been wanting to see some real longer distances shot at the gel for some time now. My max hunting distance I will shoot is 600, so this was perfect. Although I will not be shooting something that lacking in energy at that distance. Would love to see a 145Gr LRX shot at 600 at 32” of gel to compare out of a 28 Nosler or near equivalent.

amazing content! Thank you!

The 6.5x55 Swede is used all over the world, and is very popular with Scandanavian moose hunters. The Creedmoor is almost a ballistic twin to the Swede. I'm not sure how it gets the reputation of being only adequate for deer and antelope. It has plenty of horsepower, and has plenty of bullets options with high sectional density. Elk should be absolutely no problem at reasonable distance. But then again, I think the 257 Bob is a fine cartridge as well. lol

@Freezer003

2 жыл бұрын

Your catch is 'at reasonable distance." Seems everyone nowadays wants to blast an elk at 1200 yards and have everything go perfect.

@driftertank

2 жыл бұрын

The other qualifier with the Swede is that the traditional moose round is a 160 RN, if I recall properly, compared to the 125-150gr spitzers typically used in the Creed. Heavy round nose bullets have more predictable expansion and deeper penetration than typical spitzer bullets, with the trade-off of having the ballistics of a truck...

@larrymitchell3502

2 жыл бұрын

@@driftertank Exactly. Most of those Scandinavian shots with a 6.5x55 likely inside 200 meters, too. Cross-canyon elk @ 600 Yds I feel way more comfortable with a 175 gr 7 rem mag (minimum) or a 200 gr+. 308 bullet @ 3100+ fps MV. 300 Win mag & up. It ain't what works when everything's perfect but what makes an exit wound when you hit the near shoulder. On purpose.

@J_Un1t

Жыл бұрын

@@Freezer003people talk about that creedmoor strawman online that thinks he can kill everything at a mile but I’ve never seen it in real life. I have seen a hunter with a 338 lapua claim he can go to 1100 and then midd a bull by 6 feet

@J_Un1t

Жыл бұрын

@@larrymitchell3502there are tons of photos on rokslide of people killing elk with 143 eldx, 130tmk etc out of creeds and 260s at long range. The punch straight through shoulders. The thread is like 26 pages of kills, worth a read.

Please do more long range ballistic blocks. In different calibers. Great vid!