As long as the 162 ELD is basically the same as the 162 Amax all is good. If not........ boys, get a rope.
I'm playing with some of the 208 ELD's in my '06; it likes them very much, which is a good sign. One thing the Amax is that it's always been an easy bullet to get to shoot.
By the way... Hornady made DRASTIC changes to the 162 Amax at some point. I have some of the old ones... different shape, ogive location, tip....
Matt- one other thing you might not know about this is that Horn is replacing the Amax with TWO bullets: the ELD and then a "hunting" version that is tested for controlled expansion. This is true of the venerable 162 at least. Remaining to be seen is if the hunting version shoots as well as the Amax and, hopefully, the ELD. I believe they've gone to an interlock ring on the hunting version. In theory that hurts accuracy but, who knows.
A hunting 162 Amax with the same BC and yet some resistance to blowing up doesn't suck one bit! So fingers crossed.
