The Hornady ELD Match (Extremely Low Drag Match) .22 Cal 52gr Bullet (brand part no. 22491) is a technologically advanced, enhanced-accuracy target bullet featuring a Heat Shield tip with an ideal meplat (tip point), combined with numerous design features that deliver highest-in-class ballistic coefficients, superior accuracy, and extreme consistency bullet to bullet, lot to lot. An optimum secant ogive and boat tail design, paired with the Heat Shield tip, produce a bullet with the highest possible ballistic coefficient in its class. The tip resists the effects of aerodynamic heating and retains its shape, giving a perfect meplat that is always the same.

Key Specifications

• Bullet weight is 52 grains.
• Bullet diameter is .224 inches, standard .22-caliber centerfire bore diameter.
• Features a Heat Shield tip that resists aerodynamic heating for a consistent meplat.
• Uses an optimum secant ogive and boat tail design for the highest ballistic coefficient in its class.
• Sold in boxes of 100 bullets.
• Each box has a shipping weight of about 12.8 oz (0.80 lbs).

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the Heat Shield tip for? It resists the effects of aerodynamic heating and retains its shape in flight, keeping the meplat consistent bullet to bullet.

Is this bullet built for hunting or target use? It is a target and match bullet, engineered for consistency and the highest-in-class ballistic coefficient.

Is this loaded ammunition? No, this is a bare component bullet for handloaders supplying their own brass, powder, and primers.

Buy the Hornady ELD Match .22 Cal 52gr Bullets

Hornady built the Heat Shield tip specifically to stop aerodynamic heating from ruining a match bullet’s meplat downrange. Order this 52gr .22 cal ELD Match from our reloading bullets catalog and our Lubbock, Texas gun shop will ship your components directly.