Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Long Range Hunting Hornie 7mm 180 ELD might be worth playing with...

Shot a mature whitetail last night at 650 yards. Quartering to me. Bullet went in left shoulder and stopped in far side ribs. Good penetration and was nicely mushroomed. That's long for me but it way better than the 380 yard shot earlier. Going to load the 195 bergers up for next fall but may gun the 6.5 lapua mostly next fall.

Has anyone got 175 ELD preformance to report? Wondering if it might hold together a bit better than the 180...

A test of one, but so far very impressed. 162gr ELD-M, 2400fps impact velocity. Limited blood shot area, good exit hole, liquified lungs, DRT result. More testing to follow.

Any more reports on these bullets? Thanks...

This happened. I got to my stand late. Sat for about 30 seconds. I didn't know how big he was until I got up to him.



155lbs field dressed. 7-08, 180gr eld @2525fps...40 yards. You're looking at the exit wound in the picture. Good damage, both lungs and the plumbing over the heart. he went about 20 yards after the shot. Interestingly the entrance hole was caliber sized.

Awesome buck there! Good mojo! Thanks for sharing.

Nice! Those heavy for caliber bullets are moderate speed are a great idea. Looks like you have a custom barrel on that Rem 700........

Stud of a whitetail there. Glad you weren't 30 seconds later.

Congrats on that buck. Seems like they work really well at the reduced speeds. Very nice.

Lot of pages here but looking back on my shots from last year. Impact velocity of around 2600 and things go weird with it. Impact velocity of 2350 and it performed really nicely. Looks like 117lbs performance at 2525 was great. Be interesting to see if there are any other results from folks in that 2500 fps and under range.

Heavy 7mm bullets are becoming in vogue again by tbe looks of it.
The old timers 40 years ago, used them a lot and always reported positively.

Rel 26 and 175gn Partitions can step very close to the turf usually reserved for the .300's so I am sure all reports for the 180gn ELD will generate interest.
John

Heavy 7mm bullets are becoming in vogue again by tbe looks of it.
The old timers 40 years ago, used them a lot and always reported positively.

Rel 26 and 175gn Partitions can step very close to the turf usually reserved for the .300's so I am sure all reports for the 180gn ELD will generate interest.
John

I was thinking the same thing, about your shots. I know for me, I’d be pretty wary of stuff one into a front leg joint on a bull Elk out of my Mashburn.

It’s actually a 700 take off on a 722 action. Modified bdl stock with the Magpul AI bottom.

I’ve thought that. Where I walked in was only about 20 yards from where he was shot. As I passed by that spot I thought I heard something but decided to keep going and just get in my stand. He might have spooked if I had stopped.

Cool story. He's a great deer and glad you got him.

Remington 7mm Magnum, 67 grains H-1000, Fed215, Nosler brass, Hornady 180 ELD-M 005” into the lands

2885

.257” 3-shots @ 100

There's potential.

I put a rifle together basically for this bullet, finally shot it today for velocity and figured I'd share. Shilen DGR action (thanks Hondo64), which is Rem 700 footprint that takes Savage small shank barrels with the nutter. Floaty bolt head, extractor is like an M16 I think, it's on a lug.... Got 26" SS heavy sporter 1 in 8" 7MM Remington Magnum barrel from Criterion via NSS, along with the NSS nut. They reportedly throat with .115" freebore, easy to reach lands at 2.727" BTO, about 3.455 COL, and is just fine in all regards to my eye for capacity, mag fit, etc .... Has Shilen 3/8" pinned lug and their 20MOA pinned aluminum rail. Sits in a Grayboe Outlander stock (thanks Rick) and wears a SWFA 3-9MQ in Warne Mtn Tech low rings. Timney Calvin Elite two-stage trigger (thanks Jordon), PTG aluminum Obermeyer style bottom metal. Remy box, spring and milled follower. Lug bedded in Devcon. Floated the nut onward. Torqued like a farmer. All went together with pleasant precision.


Anyways, Hornady brass, RL 26, CCI250, Horn 180 ELD-M, kissed, 70F..... Seemed predictable.


64.5 2812 average of 8
65.0 2837 (all below are average of two)
65.5 2864
66.0 2877
66.5 2901
67.0 2914
67.5 2962
68.0 2966

Hybrids ?

Sounds like a cool rig, pics of said rifle??

Work in progress. So far no special beauty treatments. Just SS and black. It's a bit funny. I have always disliked the look of fluted bolts but this one has sorta changed that - maybe... Might leave as is or have been considering a GAPish camo, OD Green or going look at me orange and black... I can't believe how much my cheap-ass has into it. LOL I like it. Figuring it's the windy day rifle.