The eldm is an “upgraded” Amax. They replaced the original tip with a new tip that is more heat resistant to the friction caused while flying through the air. Supposedly the old tips were deforming on longer shots causing accuracy variations.
The kids and I shot 8 Missouri deer this fall with rifles. 4 were with a howa grendel and 120 gold dots. They hit so hard for a little bullet! An the rifle shoots on par with my customs!
No, in fact it’s not even on their site anymore. There’s a thread on it in the 65grendel forum though, some guys have gotten their hands on them and used them already. It sounds like they produced a run late last year and will do another run early this year.
I have yet to get a blood trail at any range with the eldm’s on deer and hogs. I love hunting with my ar but hate tracking animals I’ve shot with eldms so much that I’ve thought about ditching the Grendel.
You're exactly right. SST is a great bullet as long as you don't push it too fast. They can get pretty explosive, but not in a Grendel
I had the same results with eldm’s on 6 or 7 blacktail deer and a cougar over the years. Most of the deer didn’t make it very far at all but a couple ran 50-60 yards and no blood trail in thick brush sucked. The cougar ran almost a 100 yards and took hours to find with zero blood. I have since switched to SST’s and they seem to do way better but only have a few samples since the switch.
I was doubtful that a similar projectile from the same company would give me a blood trail so I never tried it. I’ll give the sst a chance. Have y’all tried the black tip Sabre from aac on game?
Call me old fashion but I think a good ole lead tip factory load would do wonders for the Grendel. Something like the unobtainable federal fusion.
