Home Forums Reloading Big Game Rifles 6.5 Hornady 147 ELDM's ??

Anybody shooting these??

Where are you loading them: jammed, touching or jumping to the lands? If shooting jump, how much in your rifle??

Just looking for a starting point.

Thanks

0.010" into the lands with 0.025" neck tension works well in most rifles I've played with.

I shoot them in a 20” 6.5CM Remington Model 7. I’m magazine restricted to 2.8” and I load them a little shorter. I don’t have the numbers in front of me, but at that length there is a considerable jump and they shoot great for me. I’ve shot several 5 and 10 shot groups at 330 yds that were less than 3”.

Just checked my notes and I have a .130” Jump to the lands.

I found my tikka like 46 grains of RL 26 and .01-.05 shoot about the same is been very accurate at all depths

The 147 doesn't seem to be fussy. I've fired ~1000 thru 2 different rifles. One has magazine OAL limitations (RAR-P) and gets loaded to SAMMI length. In the other (T3x) I can load to the lands. If anything the one with a big jump is the more accurate rifle/load combo.

Small sample size, FWIW.

I have shot quite a few through my Creeds and .260s. They are very accurate and kill deer and antelope with authority. I load them to 2745, with Reloder 26.