Why is the ELD-X not offered in more grain weights like the ELD-M?

[mwoolsey5]

Why is the ELD-X not offered in more grain weights like the ELD-M? As hunters have switched to the heavy for caliber bullets, it just seems odd that the ELD-X is not offered in more grain weights.

For the .224 we get an 80 grain ELD-X. Meanwhile the ELD-M is available in 73, 75, 80, 88 and a slew of lighter grain options as well.

For the 6MM we get a 90 and 103 grain ELD-X. Meanwhile the ELD-M is available in 105, 108, 109.

A similar pattern seems to play out across every caliber.

Is there a bullet design/engineering reason the heaviest match bullet for each caliber can’t have a matching ELD-X equivalent grain weight?

 

[Chris in TN]

If not for their own insistence that hunting and match bullets were different, I don't think there'd be any physics-based need for the eldX line to even exist. ELDM all the things.

 

[Q_Sertorius]

If not for their own insistence that hunting and match bullets were different, I don't think there'd be any physics-based need for the eldX line to even exist. ELDM all the things.

Agreed. The names are basically marketing. Although I think the X is supposed to have a slightly thicker jacket.


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[Crowmangler]

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[FLS]

If they satisfied every whim or wish they would have a million SKUs. They focus manufacturing on the biggest sellers. There is not enough difference between a 103 and 109 to worry about, same for a 143 and 147. This place, while entertaining and informative, is a tiny echo chamber in the bigger picture.