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Well I went to get eld-x and they were out so started scrambling. My only thought was if I shoot the factory version well maybe I can measure CBTO and keep that constant to another bullet.

Update for the day. My rifle shoots the the factory Hornady 143 gr ELD-X precision hunter well so I decided to work backwards. The CBTO on factory ammo was 2.316 and COAL was 2.950. I took "half" of skipglo's advice lol. I wanted to try the 142 ABLR again. Loaded 4 rounds quickly and headed...

I’ll give that a try!

I think the part that makes it difficult is component availability. Is there a higher H1000 load you recommend?

Mtn Mann do you think I should try for a higher node?

Side note…I see you’re West Slope, Best Slope as well!

So if I have a believed good load with my multiple use hornady brass, I just need to “deal” with the now same subpar load until my Lapua brass have been fire formed? I have reloaded for several calibers and never ran into this issue that is why I am so confused about it.

Thanks! No loads were worked up with hornady brass fired 2/3 times but then received my Lapua brass and wanted to confirm everything. That’s when that happened. Lapua brass is new.

Plus, why did the group size get so large?

Hello, First post. I have been lurking for awhile and really appreciate all the knowledge and information that gets passed around here. I recently bought a Bergara Crest 6.5 PRC with a 20" barrel and have been working on reloads for it. I am limited to COAL of 2.955 as it is magazine fed...