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<blockquote data-quote="cohunt" data-source="post: 1471810" data-attributes="member: 94491"><p>Ok--- ready for my super scientific approach to things here!!!!??? HA!</p><p></p><p>I tried to pry out both lead cores, neither wanted to budge and I ended up distorting the jacket trying, but the eldx did feel slightly softer than the gc</p><p></p><p>So then I decided to melt out the lead core with a propane torch...wow, the lead cores are definitely different. The eldx melted out pretty cleanly and took less time to melt than the gc ( softer alloy), the lead in the GC wanted to stick to the jacket and not melt out all the way so there is definately an alloy difference either in the lead core or copper jacket.</p><p>Now here is a kicker--- hornady is telling no bull about their heat resistant tips, the tip did NOT melt while melting the lead, nore did it seem to want to melt. On the other hand the siera tip flamed up fairly quickly (before the lead was molten) and fireballed to an early death, so I'm guessing their tips are not heat resistant</p><p></p><p>As far as the jackets go, I tried to measure them in several places for comparason--- the siera does indeed have a thicker jacket. The eldx most of the straight bearing lenght seems to be the same thickness, but the nose appears to taper.</p><p></p><p>Here is my pic of what's left if the jackets and tips after my morning science experiment--- I think I'll get some coffee now</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cohunt, post: 1471810, member: 94491"] Ok--- ready for my super scientific approach to things here!!!!??? HA! I tried to pry out both lead cores, neither wanted to budge and I ended up distorting the jacket trying, but the eldx did feel slightly softer than the gc So then I decided to melt out the lead core with a propane torch...wow, the lead cores are definitely different. The eldx melted out pretty cleanly and took less time to melt than the gc ( softer alloy), the lead in the GC wanted to stick to the jacket and not melt out all the way so there is definately an alloy difference either in the lead core or copper jacket. Now here is a kicker--- hornady is telling no bull about their heat resistant tips, the tip did NOT melt while melting the lead, nore did it seem to want to melt. On the other hand the siera tip flamed up fairly quickly (before the lead was molten) and fireballed to an early death, so I'm guessing their tips are not heat resistant As far as the jackets go, I tried to measure them in several places for comparason--- the siera does indeed have a thicker jacket. The eldx most of the straight bearing lenght seems to be the same thickness, but the nose appears to taper. Here is my pic of what's left if the jackets and tips after my morning science experiment--- I think I'll get some coffee now [/QUOTE]
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