Hornady describes difference between ELD-X and ELD Match

[jimh406]

Hornady just had a podcast on Youtube that describes the difference between the ELD-X and ELD Match. Some of you might be interested to know their take. NOTE: it was more about what the differences are instead of saying what people should use.

 

[EastHumboldt]

My initial reaction when I saw it was 56 minutes was “ Good God… 56 minutes to talk about 2 bullets?” But I watched the whole thing and it was pretty informative. Coulda been a little more concise, but I didn’t get bored.

For those who don’t have the time, my takeaways:

ELDX bullets are specifically designed for hunting, with a wider min max velocity window where they perform as designed. They are repeatedly lot tested to ensure that they perform and expand as designed.

ELDM bullets are designed to be accurate. That’s all. They are tested for accuracy but not controlled expansion. That’s why Hornady doesn’t recommend them. They are pretty much guaranteed to grenade at higher velocities due to their much thinner jackets.

Shot placement kills no matter what projectile you are shooting.

Hollow tipped match bullets behave erratically on impact.

Aluminum tipped bullets also behave erratically on impact.

 

[HairyScandinavian]

My initial reaction when I saw it was 56 minutes was “ Good God… 56 minutes to talk about 2 bullets?” But I watched the whole thing and it was pretty informative. Coulda been a little more concise, but I didn’t get bored.

For those who don’t have the time, my takeaways:

ELDX bullets are specifically designed for hunting, with a wider min max velocity window where they perform as designed. They are repeatedly lot tested to ensure that they perform and expand as designed.

ELDM bullets are designed to be accurate. That’s all. They are tested for accuracy but not controlled expansion. That’s why Hornady doesn’t recommend them. They are pretty much guaranteed to grenade at higher velocities due to their much thinner jackets.

Shot placement kills no matter what projectile you are shooting.

Hollow tipped match bullets behave erratically on impact.

Aluminum tipped bullets also behave erratically on impact.

Good summary, thank you.
They also seemed to elude to 2700 fps being the upper limit of the M's performance and mention that it can work really well at lower velocities which I thought was interesting. They definitely went at the HPBT projectiles being a bad idea and spent some time on that.

 

[EastHumboldt]

Good summary, thank you.
They also seemed to elude to 2700 fps being the upper limit of the M's performance and mention that it can work really well at lower velocities which I thought was interesting. They definitely went at the HPBT projectiles being a bad idea and spent some time on that.

Yeah I didn’t know that about the hollow point and A-tips.