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Plastic tipped bullets. Soldering iron test. ELDX is indeed improved...
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<blockquote data-quote="KYpatriot" data-source="post: 1149351" data-attributes="member: 48028"><p>A significant amount of heat will conduct from the bearing surface to the tip in the thousandth of a second it takes to exit the barrel? </p><p></p><p>Or the roughly one second it takes to get to a thousand yards? </p><p></p><p>I weld at temperatures far in excess of anything a bullet sees, and am thankful that heat doesnt conduct nearly that fast. </p><p></p><p>No need for this to get silly. Maybe Im just too cynical in thinking that the melting tip is just marketing, after all its great and makes everyone wonder about the tips on the current bullets. Personally I think the better bc is likely just the improved shape of the new bullet, but I admit I could be wrong. I was just pointing out it would be relatively easy to definitively prove it in the tunnel, one way or the other. </p><p></p><p>I dont really care one way or another, I certainly have no skin in the game. I just thought it was an interesting academic question, with a lot of hype and money and speculation etc when it could be easily resolved in a single 2-3 second tunnel run. It would even make better pictures for their ads...</p><p></p><p>In any case I have nothing against Hornady I have a lot of their stuff.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="KYpatriot, post: 1149351, member: 48028"] A significant amount of heat will conduct from the bearing surface to the tip in the thousandth of a second it takes to exit the barrel? Or the roughly one second it takes to get to a thousand yards? I weld at temperatures far in excess of anything a bullet sees, and am thankful that heat doesnt conduct nearly that fast. No need for this to get silly. Maybe Im just too cynical in thinking that the melting tip is just marketing, after all its great and makes everyone wonder about the tips on the current bullets. Personally I think the better bc is likely just the improved shape of the new bullet, but I admit I could be wrong. I was just pointing out it would be relatively easy to definitively prove it in the tunnel, one way or the other. I dont really care one way or another, I certainly have no skin in the game. I just thought it was an interesting academic question, with a lot of hype and money and speculation etc when it could be easily resolved in a single 2-3 second tunnel run. It would even make better pictures for their ads... In any case I have nothing against Hornady I have a lot of their stuff. [/QUOTE]
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