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Rifles, Reloading, Optics, Equipment
Reloading
no luck with 162 eld-x and RE23
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<blockquote data-quote="cohunt" data-source="post: 1365310" data-attributes="member: 94491"><p>so I've tried messing with the 162 eld-x and RE23 in my 7 rem mag -- found 2 "accuracy" nodes (if you want to call them that) 1 at 62 grains (around 3000fps) and 1 at 66 grains (almost 6200fps) -- but the 66 grain load had hard bolt lift so I quit shooting that one..--tried everything from 60 gr up to 66 grains and tried adjusting c.o.a.l. from max mag length to "minimum book length" --nothing seems to be working . using 1x fired neck sized brass from my rifle (trimmed to minimum length, turned the neck and uniformed and de-bured the PP) and using CCI 250's.--sorted brass and bullets by weight.</p><p></p><p>problem is they aren't accurate, 1.3 moa (yuck!!) ---I also have RE22 on my shelf</p><p></p><p>do I try the RE22 with the 162's? or do I try the 150 eldx? or some other bullet/powder combo? I really would like to stay with the RE22 or 23 powder, but if my rifle doesn't like them, then I'll have to try something else. 24" barrel with 9.25 twist, the 162's show a stability factor of 1.8, the 150's show 1.98 </p><p></p><p></p><p>I guess it could be issues with brass , primer, or the rifle itself, but trying not to change everything right now, still working on the basic bullet/power combo--- 1 step at a time</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cohunt, post: 1365310, member: 94491"] so I've tried messing with the 162 eld-x and RE23 in my 7 rem mag -- found 2 "accuracy" nodes (if you want to call them that) 1 at 62 grains (around 3000fps) and 1 at 66 grains (almost 6200fps) -- but the 66 grain load had hard bolt lift so I quit shooting that one..--tried everything from 60 gr up to 66 grains and tried adjusting c.o.a.l. from max mag length to "minimum book length" --nothing seems to be working . using 1x fired neck sized brass from my rifle (trimmed to minimum length, turned the neck and uniformed and de-bured the PP) and using CCI 250's.--sorted brass and bullets by weight. problem is they aren't accurate, 1.3 moa (yuck!!) ---I also have RE22 on my shelf do I try the RE22 with the 162's? or do I try the 150 eldx? or some other bullet/powder combo? I really would like to stay with the RE22 or 23 powder, but if my rifle doesn't like them, then I'll have to try something else. 24" barrel with 9.25 twist, the 162's show a stability factor of 1.8, the 150's show 1.98 I guess it could be issues with brass , primer, or the rifle itself, but trying not to change everything right now, still working on the basic bullet/power combo--- 1 step at a time [/QUOTE]
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