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<blockquote data-quote="Batsin" data-source="post: 3025328" data-attributes="member: 126867"><p>I learned a lot from this thread, especially that polymer-tipped match bullets like the ELD-M tend to mushroom and do well for hunting. I was under the false impression that the jacket needed to be skived to peel back for a good mushroom. Apparently, just having a polymer tip is good enough.</p><p> All of my previous experience with match bullets was with the older OTM or HPBT designs that usually needed to yaw to break the jacket before lead was exposed to expand and/or fragment. Previously, I had thought that the tipped match bullets would likely act the same way.</p><p>Another big thing is that apparently Hornady's patent for the Interlock Band has expired. It showed up on a couple of other bullets here including a Norma and Remington.</p><p>Thank you Petey308!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Batsin, post: 3025328, member: 126867"] I learned a lot from this thread, especially that polymer-tipped match bullets like the ELD-M tend to mushroom and do well for hunting. I was under the false impression that the jacket needed to be skived to peel back for a good mushroom. Apparently, just having a polymer tip is good enough. All of my previous experience with match bullets was with the older OTM or HPBT designs that usually needed to yaw to break the jacket before lead was exposed to expand and/or fragment. Previously, I had thought that the tipped match bullets would likely act the same way. Another big thing is that apparently Hornady's patent for the Interlock Band has expired. It showed up on a couple of other bullets here including a Norma and Remington. Thank you Petey308! [/QUOTE]
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