Hornady Precision Hunter 7mm WSM 162gr ELD-X 20 Rounds
Product Description
The Hornady Precision Hunter 7mm WSM 162gr ELD-X ammunition is engineered for hunters who demand superior performance across all practical distances. Featuring the advanced ELD-X (Extremely Low Drag - eXpanding) bullet, this ammunition delivers match-accurate precision and consistent, controlled expansion, making it ideal for diverse New Zealand outdoor hunting and sporting environments. Experience the confidence of highest-in-class ballistic coefficients and reliable terminal performance with every shot.
Hornady engineers identified a critical issue with traditional polymer tips in high BC bullets: aerodynamic heating causes them to melt and deform in flight. This phenomenon reduces ballistic coefficients and degrades accuracy, particularly at extended ranges beyond 400 yards. To overcome this, Hornady developed the innovative Heat Shield tip. Crafted from a heat-resistant polymer, this tip maintains its perfect meplat (tip) with exceptional consistency, ensuring reliable and accurate performance when it matters most.
The ELD-X bullet is designed to provide devastating terminal performance, whether you are hunting at close quarters or across vast open landscapes. Its unique design ensures optimal expansion and weight retention for ethical results.
| Feature | Description |
|---|---|
| Devastating Conventional Range Performance (0-400 Yards) | At high velocities typical of 0-400 yard impacts, the ELD-X bullet expands continuously throughout its penetration path. The thin nose section peels back and sheds material until it reaches the robust shank, where the InterLock ring works to keep the core and jacket together. The remaining heavy shank continues to drive forward and expand, providing 50-60% weight retention for effective energy transfer. |
| Best Extended Range Terminal Performance (400+ Yards) | For lower velocity impacts at 400+ yards, the Heat Shield tip is driven backward into the carefully designed nose cavity, initiating reliable expansion. At these longer distances, the ELD-X bullet exhibits controlled expansion with a large mushroom and impressive 85-90% retained weight, ensuring deep penetration and substantial wound cavities. |
- Best-in-Class Ballistic Coefficients: Verified by Doppler radar, the Heat Shield tip maintains its shape, defying aerodynamic heating to ensure the highest in-class BC over its entire trajectory, reducing wind drift and bullet drop.
- Match-Accurate Hunting Bullet: A streamlined secant ogive, optimum boattail design, highly concentric AMP bullet jackets, and the Heat Shield tip combine for superior aerodynamic efficiency and precision accuracy, making it a top choice for discerning hunters.
- Versatile Application: Available as component bullets for reloaders or in factory-loaded Hornady Precision Hunter ammunition, these bullets are crafted for maximum ballistic coefficients, exceptional accuracy, consistency, and effective performance at all practical hunting distances.
| Specification | Value |
|---|---|
| Muzzle Velocity | 3000 fps |
| Muzzle Energy | 3237 ft/lbs |
| Ballistic Coefficient (G1) | .631 |
| Ballistic Coefficient (G7) | .318 |
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Hornady Precision Hunter 7mm WSM 162gr ELD-X 20 Rounds
Product Description
The Hornady Precision Hunter 7mm WSM 162gr ELD-X ammunition is engineered for hunters who demand superior performance across all practical distances. Featuring the advanced ELD-X (Extremely Low Drag - eXpanding) bullet, this ammunition delivers match-accurate precision and consistent, controlled expansion, making it ideal for diverse New Zealand outdoor hunting and sporting environments. Experience the confidence of highest-in-class ballistic coefficients and reliable terminal performance with every shot.
Hornady engineers identified a critical issue with traditional polymer tips in high BC bullets: aerodynamic heating causes them to melt and deform in flight. This phenomenon reduces ballistic coefficients and degrades accuracy, particularly at extended ranges beyond 400 yards. To overcome this, Hornady developed the innovative Heat Shield tip. Crafted from a heat-resistant polymer, this tip maintains its perfect meplat (tip) with exceptional consistency, ensuring reliable and accurate performance when it matters most.
The ELD-X bullet is designed to provide devastating terminal performance, whether you are hunting at close quarters or across vast open landscapes. Its unique design ensures optimal expansion and weight retention for ethical results.
| Feature | Description |
|---|---|
| Devastating Conventional Range Performance (0-400 Yards) | At high velocities typical of 0-400 yard impacts, the ELD-X bullet expands continuously throughout its penetration path. The thin nose section peels back and sheds material until it reaches the robust shank, where the InterLock ring works to keep the core and jacket together. The remaining heavy shank continues to drive forward and expand, providing 50-60% weight retention for effective energy transfer. |
| Best Extended Range Terminal Performance (400+ Yards) | For lower velocity impacts at 400+ yards, the Heat Shield tip is driven backward into the carefully designed nose cavity, initiating reliable expansion. At these longer distances, the ELD-X bullet exhibits controlled expansion with a large mushroom and impressive 85-90% retained weight, ensuring deep penetration and substantial wound cavities. |
- Best-in-Class Ballistic Coefficients: Verified by Doppler radar, the Heat Shield tip maintains its shape, defying aerodynamic heating to ensure the highest in-class BC over its entire trajectory, reducing wind drift and bullet drop.
- Match-Accurate Hunting Bullet: A streamlined secant ogive, optimum boattail design, highly concentric AMP bullet jackets, and the Heat Shield tip combine for superior aerodynamic efficiency and precision accuracy, making it a top choice for discerning hunters.
- Versatile Application: Available as component bullets for reloaders or in factory-loaded Hornady Precision Hunter ammunition, these bullets are crafted for maximum ballistic coefficients, exceptional accuracy, consistency, and effective performance at all practical hunting distances.
| Specification | Value |
|---|---|
| Muzzle Velocity | 3000 fps |
| Muzzle Energy | 3237 ft/lbs |
| Ballistic Coefficient (G1) | .631 |
| Ballistic Coefficient (G7) | .318 |
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