imaguy3 Wrote:To which if you ask Hornady now about their ELD match bullet... they will reply "this bullet is designed for target shooting and not reliable expansion"... and they won't give you a velocity. Here in lies the problem b/c we have to rely on anecdotal evidence from the internet.I tested the AMAX in water a few years back. The bullet expands nicely even below 1600 fps but I would suggest 1600 as the threshold.
The ELD match is very likely similar but, until I or someone else gets the time to do tests with the ELD match, we indeed have to rely on anecdotal evidence.
BTW threshold expansion velocities in water should be a few tens of fps higher than in ballistic gelatin. That is because it is lower in density and has even less strength than gelatin.
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