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Hornady .338 in ELD-X
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<blockquote data-quote="benchracer" data-source="post: 1376298" data-attributes="member: 22069"><p>I ordered a box of the 230's. Haven't put any downrange yet, but initial inspection was not encouraging. It appears Hornady used the 225 SST as the starting point for the design, lengthened the boat tail, changed the tip to the new "non-melting" plastic, and that's it.</p><p></p><p>I was hoping for a shorter bearing surface and more aggressive ogive. Instead, Hornady went with the same velocity-limiting bearing surface and kept the SAAMI compliant SST ogive shape. The 230 has to be seated deeper in the case than even the 225 SST because of this.</p><p></p><p>I'm not going to even bother with the 270 ELD-X. I REALLY like a lot of Hornady's other bullets, but they got this one frustratingly, maddeningly wrong. So disappointed!!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="benchracer, post: 1376298, member: 22069"] I ordered a box of the 230's. Haven't put any downrange yet, but initial inspection was not encouraging. It appears Hornady used the 225 SST as the starting point for the design, lengthened the boat tail, changed the tip to the new "non-melting" plastic, and that's it. I was hoping for a shorter bearing surface and more aggressive ogive. Instead, Hornady went with the same velocity-limiting bearing surface and kept the SAAMI compliant SST ogive shape. The 230 has to be seated deeper in the case than even the 225 SST because of this. I'm not going to even bother with the 270 ELD-X. I REALLY like a lot of Hornady's other bullets, but they got this one frustratingly, maddeningly wrong. So disappointed!!! [/QUOTE]
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