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I had originally planned on shooting the 140gr A-Max's this year for my fall hunting season until I purchased a bunch of 143gr ELD-X's from a forum member here.

I loaded some up with the exact same load as the 140gr A-Max load that has shot so well in my rifle. Same primer, case, charge and coal. Hit the range today and was quite impressed. The 143gr ELD-X shot exact point of impact out to 300 as my 140gr A-Max load, slightly tighter and had a lower SD of 6 for a three shot group.

I had 5 rounds of the ELD's left so I scrubbed the bore. Fired a 3 shot group at 100 yards that went a little over 3/4" inch. I let the barrel cool, came up 1.75 moa for my 200 yard zero and fired the last two rounds at 200 yards. These were the last two shots today at 200 yards. I'll leave the rifle as it is for my Mule Deer opener this coming Saturday.

The last two shots at 200 yards came in at .400