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<blockquote data-quote="Weaselthis" data-source="post: 1234145" data-attributes="member: 19417">I got 200 of the 175g ELDX for my 7-300 directly from Hornady.&nbsp;I had bought 3000 of the 162g Hornady BTHP for my comp gun and gone thru about 1900 of those and got into a separate lot #.&nbsp; I hadn&#039;t measured a Hornady or Berger bullet in 5-6 years because it was a waste of time.&nbsp; They were always spot on. &nbsp;So imagine my dismay to find that, PERHAPS, the reason for the larger groups I was seeing and difficulty attaining uniform seating depth, was the fact that the last lot of 162g had base to ogive differences of 20-30 thousandths.&nbsp; NOT acceptable to me NOR to Hornady upon contacting them.&nbsp; &nbsp;They promptly sent me 1100 of the new ELD-M in 162g to replace the defective 162g BTHP.... and.............since I sniveled a little about the local unavailability of the 175 ELDX for my 7-300, they kindly included them as well, no questions asked, nor any rebuff of any sort!&nbsp; GREAT CUSTOMER SERVICE!&nbsp;I tell you all this because (1) I told the rep that I would give Hornady customer service a shout out and (2) To let you know that I did, INDEED, measure all 200 of the 175 ELDX&#039;s.&nbsp; There were may 6-8 (can&#039;t remember the exact number as it&#039;s been a little while now) that were .0005 difference..... Good enough for the girls I go with. &nbsp;I have had great success w/ the 180g VLD from Berger.&nbsp; As I mentioned, I got tired of measuring bullets out of a yellow box AND the red box bullets. They were all the same.&nbsp;I might also mention that for many years back in the 1980&#039;s my wife and I shot IHMSA matches and many thousands of Hornady 154g bullets without a glitch.The Amaxes and BTHP I used in comps beginning in 2009 had all measured spot on.&nbsp;Don&#039;t have a definitive narrative on the 175g ELDX out of the 7-300 yet.&nbsp; I was getting great accuracy w/ the 180bergers at 3060fps and hope to push the 175 at that or faster to take advantage of the great BC.&nbsp; &nbsp;Good luck on whatever you decide to do w/ yours.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Weaselthis, post: 1234145, member: 19417"] I got 200 of the 175g ELDX for my 7-300 [U][B]directly from Hornady[/B][/U]. I had bought 3000 of the 162g Hornady BTHP for my comp gun and gone thru about 1900 of those and got into a separate lot #. I hadn't measured a Hornady or Berger bullet in 5-6 years because it was a waste of time. They were always spot on. So imagine my dismay to find that, PERHAPS, the reason for the larger groups I was seeing and difficulty attaining uniform seating depth, was the fact that the last lot of 162g had base to ogive differences of 20-30 thousandths. NOT acceptable to me NOR to Hornady upon contacting them. They promptly sent me 1100 of the new ELD-M in 162g to replace the defective 162g BTHP.... and.............since I sniveled a little about the local unavailability of the 175 ELDX for my 7-300, they kindly included them as well, no questions asked, nor any rebuff of any sort! GREAT CUSTOMER SERVICE! I tell you all this because (1) I told the rep that I would give Hornady customer service a shout out and (2) To let you know that I did, INDEED, measure all 200 of the 175 ELDX's. There were may 6-8 (can't remember the exact number as it's been a little while now) that were .0005 difference..... Good enough for the girls I go with. I have had great success w/ the 180g VLD from Berger. As I mentioned, I got tired of measuring bullets out of a yellow box AND the red box bullets. They were all the same. I might also mention that for many years back in the 1980's my wife and I shot IHMSA matches and many thousands of Hornady 154g bullets without a glitch. The Amaxes and BTHP I used in comps beginning in 2009 had all measured spot on. Don't have a definitive narrative on the 175g ELDX out of the 7-300 yet. I was getting great accuracy w/ the 180bergers at 3060fps and hope to push the 175 at that or faster to take advantage of the great BC. Good luck on whatever you decide to do w/ yours. [/QUOTE]

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