john k
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Welcome from the free state of Florida. Great site, great people, and an abundance of knowledge. Molon Labe!
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Jack C Patterson
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Welcome, you can't go wrong with a 6.5. Lots of bullet choices.
RUFFIAN R - NY
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Welcome and enjoy the ride, these guys are great !!!
turkeyguide
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Welcome from N.E. PA.
Welcome from fellow CM shooter. What direction are you headed in your load development?
My everyday load is 147 ELDMs, H4350, Lapua SRPs, CCI 450s. 2750 ish.
Copper - Barnes 127 LRX, H4350, 2932 average fps.
My everyday load is 147 ELDMs, H4350, Lapua SRPs, CCI 450s. 2750 ish.
Copper - Barnes 127 LRX, H4350, 2932 average fps.
Welcome and greetings from North of the dfw texas area glad to have you on board this is an awesome forum you'll love it
MrMogollon
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I am a ways into my load development at this point - but to start, I tried out a few different bullets to see what my gun liked (although I had been shooting factory ELD-Xs for some time and getting sub MOA groups). Tried the Berger 140 VLDs, Hornady BTHPs, etc. Obviously was somewhat limited with current availability... but the Tikka again loved the ELD-Xs.
Then I moved to playing with different powder charges of H4350 and ended up with a few nodes that shot very well - sub 1/2 MOA. Unfortunately, I haven't broken out the chrono so I can't give any more color on velo.
Just rolled out some hand loads at varying seating depths with the ELD-Xs and my top two powder charges, starting at 20 thou off the lands and backing off incrementally. Headed to the range this weekend to put those through some paper!
MrMogollon
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FYI - open to tips/pointers on my method above.
My rifle liked the ELDX Precision Hunter out of the box. Does equally as well with ELDMs. Sounds like you follow a similar method. Powder nodes first then the seating depth. I may not be a good reference because my gun likes everything I've tried in it. Ha!
Welcome to LRH from Tucson.
We spend 1 to 2 weeks up in the Rim lakes every year, it's beautiful up there.
We spend 1 to 2 weeks up in the Rim lakes every year, it's beautiful up there.
MrMogollon
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I used some custom loaded (not my own load) ELD-Ms on a hunt last year - I had some pretty impressive results at the range but was disappointed with the performance in the field, which is saying a lot on a Coues deer. Probably my own fault, not going with the Xs... but I wasn't super impressed. Needed a follow up shot, after a well placed first shot (350 yds). Looked like there wasn't great expansion?
At the moment, I'm not loading for precision shooting / range fun. But I have a suppressor in jail right now that will probably change that!
detgw7914
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Welcome from Kansas, I am fairly new to this site too. I have really enjoyed it here!
HRM Johnny
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Hi, welcome from Virginia.
Bob Wright
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Definitely over a chronograph. You really need that tool in load development to help diagnose problems and cut down on rounds spent developing the "old school" way and creating dope cards for longer ranges.
