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Anyone playing with Hornady’s new ELD & ELDx bullets yet?
Dog Down replied 4 years, 4 months ago 4 Members · 19 Replies
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296 Bullseyes
Interesting , I might be wrong here in my thinking is that if it’s melting and spinning , it will still shoot true because the melting will be uniform ,
Also good group sunshine , if you want / need to play about there’s good results changing the seating depths -
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Correct…the melting effect will be even as its spinning but the “BC” of the bullet changes considerably in flight…The previous pictures shows what happened at 600 yrds to 178gr Amax…imagine the condition of the tip after another 400yrds…starts out looking like a streamline Amax but ends up looking like a lead tip of an Interlock at the end of its journey…that change in BC especially from 500-1000yrds is huge for POI if you are looking for accuracy. Could mean the difference of an unknown factor of moa at 1000 yrds even in perfect conditions from what a ballistics calculator would spit out…depending on velocity, air temperature…etc…
Pretty interesting stuff, would love to have a “Labrader” to test it for myself.
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105 Bullseyes
To get back on groupings / load development…
I'll crono 65.5grs (H4831sc) and see where we are at with velocity in the next month or so. Will not get much time to test with Christmas around the corner though.
Will also shorten the c.o.a.l to 2.855″ as per Hornady factory load to see if more jump will shrink or open up groups. If I can get it to shoot 1/4 – 1/2 moa consistently I'll be very happy so hoping I can at least duplicate range results from this past weekend with groups next time out.
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105 Bullseyes
Reviving an old thread…
Played with my previous load work for my 300wsm and the 200gr ELDx.
Ending up shooting the best 100yrd 5 shot group ever with this rifle, and might be my best group ever with a 30cal projectile.5 shots, don't pay attention to the paper tare from wood frag…look at the hole it carved out in the wood back drop…Everything came together for this perfect group. Basically a 1 hole group.
Can't believe it was shot just using a BogPod Bipod sitting on the edge of an old picnic table at our hunting camp in the rain!The IOTA stock upgrade on the gun makes it a dream to shoot off a bench or prone, and in all honesty its the first & only stock upgrade I’ve done where there was a measurable increase in accuracy. The stock made the gun go from a consistent 1/2moa gun to a consistent 1/8-1/4moa gun with reloads. I'm quite happy with that shooting without a brake on this gun.
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