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<blockquote data-quote="excaliber" data-source="post: 1169123" data-attributes="member: 86034"><p>Taken directly from Hornady</p><p> </p><p>"At conventional range (0-400 yards), the ELD-X bullet is designed to continually expand throughout its penetration path. Upon impact the thin nose section of the bullet peels back and sheds material until it reaches the thick shank of the bullet jacket where the InterLock ring works to keep the core and jacket together. The remaining heavy shank of the bullet continues to drive forward and expand for extremely lethal results."</p><p> </p><p>I searched and found some images of the Hornady interlocks and they stay together better than that 178 gr ELD-X. The ELD-X almost looks like that Sierra bullet on the left in pic 1.</p><p> </p><p>The bottom pic is what the ELD-X should look like. I'm surprised it actually came apart.</p><p> </p><p>Hopefully we'll see more images of recovered bullets in the near future. If they wont stay together I'll stick with the Accubonds.</p><p> </p><p><u><u><u><a href="http://s189.photobucket.com/user/excaliber551/media/intrlk2.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z258/excaliber551/intrlk2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></u></u></u></p><p><u></u></p><p><u><u><u><a href="http://s189.photobucket.com/user/excaliber551/media/hornady_xw9981_tar-1548.png.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z258/excaliber551/hornady_xw9981_tar-1548.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></u></u></u></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="excaliber, post: 1169123, member: 86034"] Taken directly from Hornady "At conventional range (0-400 yards), the ELD-X bullet is designed to continually expand throughout its penetration path. Upon impact the thin nose section of the bullet peels back and sheds material until it reaches the thick shank of the bullet jacket where the InterLock ring works to keep the core and jacket together. The remaining heavy shank of the bullet continues to drive forward and expand for extremely lethal results." I searched and found some images of the Hornady interlocks and they stay together better than that 178 gr ELD-X. The ELD-X almost looks like that Sierra bullet on the left in pic 1. The bottom pic is what the ELD-X should look like. I'm surprised it actually came apart. Hopefully we'll see more images of recovered bullets in the near future. If they wont stay together I'll stick with the Accubonds. [U][U][U][URL="http://s189.photobucket.com/user/excaliber551/media/intrlk2.jpg.html"][IMG]http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z258/excaliber551/intrlk2.jpg[/IMG][/URL][/U][/U][/U] [U] [U][U][URL="http://s189.photobucket.com/user/excaliber551/media/hornady_xw9981_tar-1548.png.html"][IMG]http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z258/excaliber551/hornady_xw9981_tar-1548.png[/IMG][/URL][/U][/U][/U] [/QUOTE]
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