I'm with you Sawman, I'm just not trusting the SST's nor the ELD-X's anymore after what other people have gone through, what I've gone through and watching comparison videos. I saw an Accubond vs the ELD-X, essentially an SST, and with the 300 winmag there was hardly anything left in the gel they tested it in of the ELD-X as it had shed most all of its' casing and lead.