140 ELDM darker tip?

TimberHunter

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I’ve been going back and forth with Hornady customer service on 4 boxes with some broken tips and dark red tips.

Has anyone noticed darker red tips in recent purchases? Maybe more brittle? Left is 140, right is 147

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I've experienced it in the 143's, didn't notice them being any more brittle or any broken though. Performed just fine and consistent on a couple mule deer bucks this fall.
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This was a 10 shot group that consisted of 5 pcs of prepped brass with tight necks, 5 pcs that had been loaded and had bullets pulled to diagnose an issue, 5 pulled bullets from old lot (brighter tip), and 5 from new lot (dark). Zero shifted a bit because I pulled and remounted scope bases to add a recoil pin.
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