I do apologize for not posting with sensitivity toward your issues.
Another lame and irrelevant post, at least you're consistent I guess.
I’m curious as to what kind of blood trail people are getting on these elk with the CM. And if they are getting passthroughs.
I believe the guy who took the 725 yd shot, said it exited but it's been a few years since the conversation. My coworker who's shot two cows (and a pile of muleys) with the 140gr Gameking said that he got exits on his shots and the elk didn't go anywhere after being shot, so no blood trail.
Some of the folks I've talked at the range who hunt with the 6.5 use Berger's, I'd guess they are not getting exits with those kinds of bullets, but I didn't ask.
Of the 3 6.5 bullets I've put into elk (1x140gr Accubond and 2x127gr LRX) all have exited.
The cow I shot two years ago got one Accubond though the lungs, a bit higher than I intended from about 140yds. It went about 20yds after the shot without much blood trail and was dead in a decent pool of blood when I got to it. Pretty much what you'd expect for a higher lung shot.
Here's the entry to the chest (bullet hit some shoulder first):
There wasn't all that much blood shot meat but thats the side it ended up lying on, so the blood pooled
Exit:
It was dark by the time I got this year's cow disassembled, so I don't have any wound pictures. The 127gr LRX did a good amount of damage, the first shot angled down through the top of the shoulder, shocked the spine and dropped the cow on the spot. The second shot was through the neck, so no surprise that it exited. The cow didn't go anywhere, so no blood trail to speak of, but plenty of chest soup poured out while I was cutting it up.
For comparison, here are the entry holes in last year's cow, shot twice with 180gr Accubonds from my .30-06 at 320 yds:
The first bullet made a mess after plowing through the shoulder, I found it under the opposite hide weighing 109gr. The other bullet hit about five inches higher and to the right, but the shot was more angling. I thought the second bullet had exited, but I actually found it in a tenderloin last week, lol. The cow didn't go anywhere this time either, so no blood trail.
Recovered .30 cal bullets, first shot on the left: