147 gr ELDs at a good price
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I've seen seconds previously. I guess if it's plinking ammo that's one way to look at it. If not, I'd always feel like poor performance might be linked to being a "second". Am I looking at this wrong?
I've been pretty happy with the factory seconds I've bought. But it's probably somewhat of a gamble. I wouldn't order seconds for benchrest competition, but otherwise...
Might have nothing to do with being seconds, pretty well documented. Hornady has not admitted there’s an issue but it’s been known for years, especially in magnums. I’ve not had issues in a straight 6.5 Creedmoor with the 140’s.
Yeah, I definitely wasn’t shooting seconds that I was aware of. I should’ve been clearer. 147 ELDMs in general. I’d stick to ELDX if someone is hell bent on that weight range.
Not sure it matters between ELD-M or ELD-X. The X has a thicker jacket which might help. For those interested there’s several threads out there documenting this. It was a big problem at the NF ELR match in WY a couple years ago. The medium and short action magnums were blowing them up midair left and right, lol.
To be clear, not trying to talk people out of them, just a heads up that it is an issue a percentage of people run into, especially shooting magnums it seems.
I bought 500 off the 140’s, lol. Bullets are bullets right now. Good for that rainy day, barrel break in or when Commies fall from the sky.
Yes. The X is the hunting version. It’s thicker jacket allows for less expansion and more penetration on big game than the M, which performs more like a varmint bullet.
Both perform pretty well on deer and even some elk at distance or a straight lung shot but not ideal for a shoulder hit on an elk or big muley trying to punch through bone. A bonded bullet is more ideal for that, which neither of these Hornady’s are.
Buy with caution. Had a buddy who bought 500 the last time Midway offered these. They showed up loose in a box with a hole in it and a bunch were missing. He called Midway and they basically told him too F'ing bad. So we started seating them and, whoopsie daisy, they had mixed in .270 bullets, a shitload. He called Midway again and received another FU. Lastly, we went and shot them and they trued up to a .313 G7. We trued non-blems up at .333.
Fuck Midway.
Fuck Midway.
