ELD® Match (Extremely Low Drag match) bullets are technologically advanced bullets with exceptionally high accuracy, featuring the Heat Shield® tip with the perfect apex profile combined with numerous design features that allow for the highest ballistic coefficients in their class, superior accuracy and extreme consistency from bullet to bullet and lot to lot. All manufacturers' conventional polymer tips melt during flight. During testing of what would become the ELD-X fighter projectile, Hornady® engineers, using Doppler radar, discovered that all materials in which the tips of high ballistic coefficient tapered projectiles are made melt during flight and deform, decreasing the ballistic coefficient and degrading accuracy particularly at longer distances (over 365 m). To mitigate this effect, Hornady® identified a heat-resistant polymer and developed the patented Heat Shield® tip. This revolutionary tip creates the perfect apex for the bullet. This revolutionary technology has enabled the creation of the most advanced match bullet on the market, the ELD® Match bullet. With the ELD® Match bullet, superior accuracy and industry-leading ballistic design have been achieved. The secant ogive and tapered tail, in combination with the patented Heat Shield® tip, result in a bullet with the highest possible ballistic coefficient in its class. Verified with Doppler radar, the ballistic coefficient of ELD® Match bullets does not change during flight, thanks to the structural integrity of the Heat Shield® tip. The bullet has outstanding performance consistency, with no degradation in ballistic coefficient at long distances.
