Hornady 143 eld-x for sale anywhere

Not in Canada.

I found 1 box at Prairie Guntraders back in May - June.
Weird because the 6.5 143 ELD-X has been widely in stock south of the border for quite some time now.
 
Seen them for sale? Yes, Seen about 8 boxes locally for about 36 seconds. Pretty sure it was reload that I seen them on once as well. The 30cal and 7mm seem to be a lot more available then 6.5
 
I wouldn't recommend them for hunting. Check my post in the hunting section. They do not hold together well at close ranges and the lead is not bonded so it will peel away quite easily. That is my experience but an email response from Hornady confirms this is how they are designed.
 
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I did see your other post regarding the 200 eld-x. Been following the thread about them on long range hunting as well.
I'd just like to give em a try in my 6.5 and see how they shoot
 
hometownhero said:
Seen then in the store. Not in stock online doesn't mean anything when you can walk in and buy them.
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I realize that. I was just posting they finally show on the website. Quite often items are available in stores and not online. I normally don't shop WSS for reloading components. Too expensive.
 
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I have seen them for sale occasionally, but after seeing a few reports of people using them on big game, I won't bother with them. Every report that I have seen complained about them failing to hold together , and fragmenting badly.
 
stubblejumper said:
I have seen them for sale occasionally, but after seeing a few reports of people using them on big game, I won't bother with them. Every report that I have seen complained about them failing to hold together , and fragmenting badly.
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All of the reports I have seen are because they are shot very close at high speed. I would bet if those same shots were at 600 yards (like the bullet was designed for) we would be seeing praise. But that said every report I have read the animal was dead quickly so I fail to see how that is a failure on the bullets part.
Seems to me people are expecting mono metal performance from a soft bullet made to open up at great distance. Contrary to what lots of hunter believe 350 yards is not a long range shot so any regular bullet would have worked perfectly in that situation.
 
hometownhero said:
Contrary to what lots of hunter believe 350 yards is not a long range shot so any regular bullet would have worked perfectly in that situation.
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Contrary to what most marketing would have you believe, 350 yards is a decent stretch for most hunters, unless you have optimal conditions, a rest, etc. All this long-range hunting that's been promoted quite hard the last five or ten years seems to make people think 500 or 600 yard shots are the norm. They are not. Bullets designed to open at these distances shouldn't be used up close, but again, when does a hunt ever go as planned?

Also consider the fact that a given caliber has many different cartridges, so the company making the bullet has to compromise somewhere along the line as to bullet fragility. Is this going to be fired out of a .308win, or a 7.62 Warbird? The tougher bullets face the same problem but on the other end of the spectrum. Will it even open up properly at x speed and y distance? This is why a hunting bullet, to me, should be capable at everything from "throw a rock at it" range to whatever the shooter sees as his or her comfortable maximum range. With so many great bullets out there to choose from these glorified varmint bullets hold zero value for me.

For what it's worth, I have no issues with anyone hunting extreme distances, IF they practice those distances, regularly. I'd bet well over 50% of the Hornady ELD ammo bought off the shelf is shot at 200y or less.
 
Prairie Plinker said:
Contrary to what most marketing would have you believe, 350 yards is a decent stretch for most hunters, unless you have optimal conditions, a rest, etc. All this long-range hunting that's been promoted quite hard the last five or ten years seems to make people think 500 or 600 yard shots are the norm. They are not. Bullets designed to open at these distances shouldn't be used up close, but again, when does a hunt ever go as planned?

Also consider the fact that a given caliber has many different cartridges, so the company making the bullet has to compromise somewhere along the line as to bullet fragility. Is this going to be fired out of a .308win, or a 7.62 Warbird? The tougher bullets face the same problem but on the other end of the spectrum. Will it even open up properly at x speed and y distance? This is why a hunting bullet, to me, should be capable at everything from "throw a rock at it" range to whatever the shooter sees as his or her comfortable maximum range. With so many great bullets out there to choose from these glorified varmint bullets hold zero value for me.

For what it's worth, I have no issues with anyone hunting extreme distances, IF they practice those distances, regularly. I'd bet well over 50% of the Hornady ELD ammo bought off the shelf is shot at 200y or less.
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I agree. What gets me is that people buy a bullet that is made for close 400yards and far 1000 yards and then they shoot it at high speed at animals 300 yards away. Because to them that is long range. Well more research is needed on the consumers part because choosing a bullet that will open at 1000 yards for close shooting the results will not be what they want. So I would say unless the goal is to shoot animals 600+ then stick with normal bullets ie: partition, interlock, interbond, tsx and so on.
Long range is exactly that. Long
 
I picked up some 143 ELD-X @ WSS Kamloops in April. Shot them to 1000y in a 8 twist Savage 260 with good results
 
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