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<blockquote data-quote="dah605" data-source="post: 1252531" data-attributes="member: 63391"><p>Sorry for the slow response, I was in Montana where I took my first elk! (Just a little excited about it).</p><p></p><p>The longest OAL is 3.485" for that rifle. Most of them are a little shorter--these are from the first run of EOL bullets offered for sale. The CBTO is 3.722".</p><p></p><p>I have another 7mm that I had a custom BDL-length reamer made just for these bullets and I am using a newer batch of the bullets and they are far more consistent with the length of the bullet. The OAL is the same at 3.485" but the CBTO is 3.771".</p><p></p><p>Just for comparison, I'm using H1000 in both, but the heavy rifle with the shorter CBTO has 68.6 grains of powder resulting in the 2850fps velocity in a 28" barrel. The other lightweight rifle is only using 64.8 grains and I am getting 2700 fps in a 23" barrel.</p><p></p><p>I stopped at an excellent node with the lightweight rifle that doesn't generate a lot of recoil--2700 still gives me an effective range of 750 yards on elk (based on 1500 ft-lbs) and 850 yards on deer (based on 1800 fps) so I didn't feel the need to push it.</p><p></p><p>-David</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dah605, post: 1252531, member: 63391"] Sorry for the slow response, I was in Montana where I took my first elk! (Just a little excited about it). The longest OAL is 3.485" for that rifle. Most of them are a little shorter--these are from the first run of EOL bullets offered for sale. The CBTO is 3.722". I have another 7mm that I had a custom BDL-length reamer made just for these bullets and I am using a newer batch of the bullets and they are far more consistent with the length of the bullet. The OAL is the same at 3.485" but the CBTO is 3.771". Just for comparison, I'm using H1000 in both, but the heavy rifle with the shorter CBTO has 68.6 grains of powder resulting in the 2850fps velocity in a 28" barrel. The other lightweight rifle is only using 64.8 grains and I am getting 2700 fps in a 23" barrel. I stopped at an excellent node with the lightweight rifle that doesn't generate a lot of recoil--2700 still gives me an effective range of 750 yards on elk (based on 1500 ft-lbs) and 850 yards on deer (based on 1800 fps) so I didn't feel the need to push it. -David [/QUOTE]
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