Originally Posted by Rossimp
Originally Posted by Trystan
Not saying I agree with Llama Bob but I'm curious which bullet manufacturer personnel you spoke with to get this information? The reason I ask is because when I made a phone call to hornady and visited with Steve he told me that there higher sectional density offerings works better for penetration both in the field and in medium.


Next time you're on the phone with Steve ask him why his 6mm-80 gr GMX (SD @ .193) retains approx 100% of its weight and will easily out penetrate his 6mm-103 gr ELDX (SD @ .249), which retains about 50% or so of its weight. The ELDX has a SD that is 29% greater than the GMX. I'm guessing its probably because the material engineering makeup is different and deigned to give a different performance characteristic, what do you think? SD is a constant, however I can change bullet performance by changing the variables in material makeup and bullet construction to render the constant meaningless when it comes to penetration.



I already asked Steve and he said a 150 gmx will out penetrate a 139 gmx on a regular basis. In fact Steve said any gmx compared to another gmx the higher sectional density one outpenetrates the lower sectional density offering almost every single time when tested on game and when tested in medium. ! Same goes for comparing elds! Same goes for comparing SST's. Maybe you should call Steve again and ask him if higher sectional density gmx's at equal velocities outpenetrate lower sectional density gmx's! If you are mixed all up yes sectional density becomes meaningless! The fact that it can be easily sorted means it is not meaningless. Whichever make bullet you decide to use if you find penetration to be insufficient but you like the makeup of that bullet simply step up one size and penetration will increase without fail almost every single time. Of course if you mix and match and switch and fucqk around you might be lost to begin with and sectional density probably isn't a conversation one should even be having let alone picking an appropriate bullet for the task at hand


Last edited by Trystan; 10/01/19.
Good bullets properly placed always work, but not everyone knows what good bullets are, or can reliably place them in the field