Ive starting shooting these out of my 6.5 cm, with great accuracy, i have a 257 and my son a 25-06 what are you guys loading in these calibers using the ELD-X?
Hopefully "South Texas" will see you post. He posted a few months back he had bought a box of the .25 110 gr ELD-X and tried them in his .257Bob with lackluster results.
Hopefully "South Texas" will see you post. He posted a few months back he had bought a box of the .25 110 gr ELD-X and tried them in his .257Bob with lackluster results.
Only tried iti n one 257R with IMR4350. Results were mediocre But haven't tried any other combos yet, so it's not really a fair test. Still want to try it in 257R and 25/06. Interested in other's experience.
admin: any experience with the ELDXs on game, yet?
My Roberts is still fairly new, but I did get a reasonable load out of the ELD X 110gn with 47gn H4350. To be honest I decided to spend more time getting a load for the 117gn SST. So Far 48gn H4831sc is the one I like. However I'll keep playing with the ELD X because it looks like a nice bullet with a pretty good BC. That 47gn load had 4 rounds in an inch.
My Roberts is still fairly new, but I did get a reasonable load out of the ELD X 110gn with 47gn H4350. To be honest I decided to spend more time getting a load for the 117gn SST. So Far 48gn H4831sc is the one I like. However I'll keep playing with the ELD X because it looks like a nice bullet with a pretty good BC. That 47gn load had 4 rounds in an inch.
That 47gn H4350 load is pretty flat shooting. I still have some ballistics to check but it Chrony'd at an average 3,091fps over 5 shots. Accuracy has showing some promise, but I'm still on new unfired brass. I've sorted some brass by weight and see how it goes. The fired brass is neck sized only with a Lee collet die.
That 47gn H4350 load is pretty flat shooting. I still have some ballistics to check but it Chrony'd at an average 3,091fps over 5 shots. Accuracy has showing some promise, but I'm still on new unfired brass. I've sorted some brass by weight and see how it goes. The fired brass is neck sized only with a Lee collet die.
I think most here would be happy with the speed your getting. Like I said above...go hunt your Bob.
Had a load worked up for my .257 Weatherby with 110 Nosler Accubonds that was shooting pretty well. Decided to try the recipe with the 110 ELD-X....and this is what I got at a cool 3,500 fps. Can't wait to see if it duplicates.
For some reason the 110gn ELD X is a bit inconsistent. It will put a couple of rounds touching then there's a flyer for some reason. I do a lot of bench rest as well as hunting so I know how to hold a rifle, plus the charges are measured to the last granule on beam scale (Hornady). I'm inclined to think that there's an issue with the bullet shape or the bearing surface. The flat base 117gn SST's are a lot easier to tune. I'm going to go up in .3gn increments from 48gn H4831 with the SST's. In a hunting rifle I believe it's better to find that one bullet and stick to it.
For some reason the 110gn ELD X is a bit inconsistent. It will put a couple of rounds touching then there's a flyer for some reason. I do a lot of bench rest as well as hunting so I know how to hold a rifle, plus the charges are measured to the last granule on beam scale (Hornady). I'm inclined to think that there's an issue with the bullet shape or the bearing surface. The flat base 117gn SST's are a lot easier to tune. I'm going to go up in .3gn increments from 48gn H4831 with the SST's. In a hunting rifle I believe it's better to find that one bullet and stick to it.
I rotate the bullet 3 times ( during the bullet seating process when seating the bullet into the case. This has pretty much eliminated my "Flyer" issues in most of my loads as long as I have the proper seating depth.
Would that indicate a concentricity problem in the case neck?
Maybe but not necessarily. Not all seating die stems hold different nose shapes correctly.
This could be the problem. I noticed this with the Nosler ABLR and switched to a VLD stem and no more problems. The standard stem was both loosening the tip and leaving a mark on the jacket a slight buckle, this can't be good. Softer bullets need to be babied and longer ones tweaked more.
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I don't think the Roberts was designed to handle 100gn bullets, at least not in the standard 1:10 twist, although there have been plenty of good results using the 100gn Partition. The original load featured a 117gn round nose from memory. I've had better results with Hornady's 117gn SST. My current load is 48.9gn H4831sc, but I was getting 2,816 with 48 grains.
I don't think the Roberts was designed to handle 100gn bullets, at least not in the standard 1:10 twist, although there have been plenty of good results using the 100gn Partition. The original load featured a 117gn round nose from memory. I've had better results with Hornady's 117gn SST. My current load is 48.9gn H4831sc, but I was getting 2,816 with 48 grains.
I hunt that load all season long, I had stellar results with the 117 gr SST bullet in the .250 Savage on paper and deer.
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