Thread: 162 gn Amax help ?

Originally Posted by ihmsakiwi

Google " eld-m issues" and mulitple sites and multiple people are reporting that the jackets on some at long range break up in flight and don't reach the target.
As I am 100% a target shooter I can't be bothered wasting good barrell life on a projectile that could let me down with "missed" shots.

This will certainly be in the US where they are obsessed with overbore cartridges and want the fastest twist barrels they can get to maximise BCs and win the Internet passing contest. A-Max and ELD-M are indeed soft jacketed - that’s what make them so good as long-range projectiles. They can’t be expected to hold together at well over 3000 fps in really aggressive twist barrels because physics.

My .300 WM pushes 208 ELD-M at 2984 fps average in a 10 twist barrel and I have never lost a single one in 200 shots. With the BC of the 208 grain .30 cal and 180 grain 7mm ELD-Ms there’s no need to drive them over 3000 for most applications. Keep speeds and twists sensible and they will hold together and produce good terminal ballistics, regardless of what google says.

For target shooting anything will do as there is no need to consider terminal effects on animals.