The Wife picked up an issue of the Rifle Sporting Firearms journal, January 2016 issue today and it has an article about the ELD, by Brian Pearce.
A 30 cal 200 ELDX fired from a special test barrel, used to simulate changing spin rate at various distances and other factors, at 150 yards had a 21" straight wound channel thru test media with a recovered bullet weight of 125 grs. Expansion seem to be underway at about the 2 inches of penetration with devastating tissue damage.
800 yards penetration was about 24 inches with the bullet having a recovered weight of 180 grains an displaying a classic mushroom profile.
I didn't see a velocity listed but would imagine it to be in the 28-2900 fps +- range.
The melting tip thing referenced in the article brought to mind a study or two done by the US Military and DARPA, one was in the 50's or 60's and dealt with high altitude firing of 50 MG and 20 mm cannons and the effects on the bullet/shell in flight and the DARPA was about laser/radar guided cannon shell and how high nose temperatures could be a potential problem for the guidance/control surfaces.
Been along time since I have seen either paper, but the heating issue tickled my foggy memory.
Going to take a wait and see stand on this design, let them work out the bugs, that and I have several thousand Speer 180 BTSP for my 300 win mag and having to sleep with the dog, because I went out and spent more money for bullets, is not something I really want to do....
