Well the Hornady ELD-X 340 gr bullet came out recently, and has been thoroughly dissected and shot by several members. One thing I took note of is that the jacket thickness was only .015". I was fully expecting .025" baised on the picture in the advertisments, not to mention the complete lack of a core lock feature. The plated Powerbelt ELR I believe are .005".
Looking at modern centerfire bullets there are; tapperd jackets, bonded cores, core locking features, copper partitions, all copper, etc. It's frustrating to see the bullet manufacturing industry not apply these technologies in their new high BC muzzy bullets. At $1.30-$2 EACH its an embarrassment to buy plated putty! Understandably muzzloading is a smaller segment of customers, with unique challenges, but take the .451 and you have pistols/rifles/shotguns all launching the same round.
Trying to educate myself this morning on bullet jacket thicknesses, and was extremely underwhelmed with the info I could find searching google. I think I understand why the avaliable products are designed the way that are; it is a smaller consumer market, many of current muzzy shooters don't shoot magnum or super magnum charges, tooling is prohibitivly expenses for new offerings. I feel the ammo maker that properly combines; High BC/Terminal Performance/ Accuracy (consistency), will absolutley dominate. Understandably it is difficult to create a bullet to function at 50 yards and 250, but it has been done (Terminal Ascent, Barnes, Accubond, etc..)
I pose this question to anyone with an interest in the newer high BC bullets comming out?
*What would you like to have for Jacket thickness or design and why? Or perhaps what changes would you like to have made? --Ty in advance for all input good or bad.....
Looking at modern centerfire bullets there are; tapperd jackets, bonded cores, core locking features, copper partitions, all copper, etc. It's frustrating to see the bullet manufacturing industry not apply these technologies in their new high BC muzzy bullets. At $1.30-$2 EACH its an embarrassment to buy plated putty! Understandably muzzloading is a smaller segment of customers, with unique challenges, but take the .451 and you have pistols/rifles/shotguns all launching the same round.
Trying to educate myself this morning on bullet jacket thicknesses, and was extremely underwhelmed with the info I could find searching google. I think I understand why the avaliable products are designed the way that are; it is a smaller consumer market, many of current muzzy shooters don't shoot magnum or super magnum charges, tooling is prohibitivly expenses for new offerings. I feel the ammo maker that properly combines; High BC/Terminal Performance/ Accuracy (consistency), will absolutley dominate. Understandably it is difficult to create a bullet to function at 50 yards and 250, but it has been done (Terminal Ascent, Barnes, Accubond, etc..)
I pose this question to anyone with an interest in the newer high BC bullets comming out?
*What would you like to have for Jacket thickness or design and why? Or perhaps what changes would you like to have made? --Ty in advance for all input good or bad.....