The Heat Shield tip is what makes the ELD Match unique. No matter how fast the bullet is moving, the precise and symmetrical spike will maintain its flawless meplat. It is resistant to aerodynamic heating.

The jacket of the ELD Match is made using Hornady’s renowned Advanced Manufacturing Process, which nearly eliminates concentricity faults that might have tipped the bullet off balance. Secant ogive shape and the boat tail of the ELD Match significantly minimize in-flight drag to encourage quicker downrange velocity. Just remember that the ELD Match cannot expand as it penetrates soft tissue, so don’t expect on it to give the terminal ballistics you would desire for hunting.

For their Match brand of ammunition, Hornady chooses quality brass casings that are homogeneous in their wall thickness, wall concentricity, and internal capacity. Every round in this box of 20 has nearly identical primers and powder charges because to the Nebraska manufacturer’s stringent criteria for lot-to-lot consistency.