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Equipment & Gear => Guns and Ammo => Topic started by: Ghost Hunter on March 10, 2016, 12:15:38 PM

Title: Hornady ELD-X ammo
Post by: Ghost Hunter on March 10, 2016, 12:15:38 PM: Anybody tried it? Been reading up on it. Gimmic or the real deal. Thinking about trying some of the 7mm factory loads.
Title: Re: Hornady ELD-X ammo
Post by: elkaholic123 on March 10, 2016, 12:23:20 PM: I want to reload them for my 300 WM but having a hard time finding the 178gr, they put a lot of R&D into these bullets, I believe they are the real deal... :twocents:
Title: Re: Hornady ELD-X ammo
Post by: swift on March 11, 2016, 07:12:21 PM: I've been playing with 200gr in my RUM and it took a bit but have them running
3200 fps at .5 groups with H1000 and I'm very happy with that!
Title: Re: Hornady ELD-X ammo
Post by: The scout on March 11, 2016, 07:48:40 PM: I have been curious about those 200grainers in the rum, played with the 212's but they really liked to be long so I had to single feed them. whats your oal with those 200's swift?
Title: Re: Hornady ELD-X ammo
Post by: Ghost Hunter on March 12, 2016, 06:18:26 AM: Sportsman's in Vancouver have 1 box of 7mm ELD Match. No X. Looks like I'm on a quest. Got 2 boxes Berger VLD's to bankroll it. :chuckle:
Title: Re: Hornady ELD-X ammo
Post by: swift on March 12, 2016, 07:46:36 PM: Quote from: The scout on March 11, 2016, 07:48:40 PM
I have been curious about those 200grainers in the rum, played with the 212's but they really liked to be long so I had to single feed them. whats your oal with those 200's swift?

For my Defensive Edge its 3.615 oal
Title: Re: Hornady ELD-X ammo
Post by: CAMPMEAT on March 13, 2016, 08:55:05 AM: They cannot keep the 6.5 140 grainers in stock in Colville..
Title: Re: Hornady ELD-X ammo
Post by: BULLBLASTER on March 13, 2016, 10:15:23 AM: The 143 have been shooting awesome in my 6.5-284
Hoping to find some factory ammo for 7 mag with he eld X before May to try on a hunt in May
Title: Re: Hornady ELD-X ammo
Post by: actionshooter on March 13, 2016, 08:30:11 PM: My buddy just put together a 6.5CM and its been shooting incredible with the 143s