HRNDY BLACK 308WIN 155GR ELDM 20/200

Description

Hornady’s BLACK line was built around a specific problem: surplus military-specification ammunition is optimized for full-length service rifles, and most factory hunting or match loads are optimized for bolt guns. Neither is tuned for the wide variety of semi-automatic and bolt-action platforms that civilian shooters actually run. The BLACK load in .308 Winchester addresses this by selecting components and propellant charges that cycle reliably and deliver consistent accuracy across that full range of chambers and gas systems.

The 155-grain ELD-Match projectile is the key element here. Hornady’s ELD-Match bullets use a Heat Shield polymer tip that maintains its shape under aerodynamic heating in flight — a failure mode that affects conventional polymer-tipped bullets at extended range and degrades the ballistic coefficient the manufacturer actually measured. The result is a BC that holds more consistently between the muzzle and the target, which matters practically when you are dialing a correction at distance and need the published number to be accurate rather than optimistic.

At 155 grains, this load sits lighter than the 168- and 175-grain match bullets that dominate .308 precision work. That weight trades some transonic stability margin at extreme distance for a flatter trajectory and slightly reduced recoil impulse at the ranges where most .308 shooters are actually working. It is a reasonable choice for gas-gun competition, mid-range precision rifle, and any application where round count is high enough that felt recoil accumulates across a string. Brass-cased and boxer-primed, the cases are reloadable for shooters who work up handloads around this projectile.