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300 Win Mag advice needed
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<blockquote data-quote="Teri Anne" data-source="post: 2266992" data-attributes="member: 118816"><p>To think that your barrel is shot out because it doesn't shoot well without your pet load is more than a bit premature. I constantly try different loads out in all of my rifles .270, .308, 30-06 and 300 WM. all while attempting to get a tighter group, although all of them are well under 1 moa. Please note that all of my rifles are out of the box with the exception of the 300 WM, which I had a muzzle brake installed before I sent the first round down the barrel. Although bullets do make a big difference powder type and charge all vary. It is an almost never ending quest to get the group smaller. I have found that each of the barrels are finicky both with powder type and bullet design. Don't think that your quest to find something other than your ELD-X will not work. There are most likely many different bullets that will shoot less than 1 moa out there, but you have to be patient. Speaking of patience, I work in the firearms department at Cabelas and have already seen a new influx of both ammunition in the most popular calibers as well as bullets to include your ELD-X 178 gr going on the shelves. If you want to try something I have found amazing try the new all copper bullets. I tried the Barns TSX 165 gr in both the .308 and the 30-06 and reduced the size of my groups to slightly bigger than the size of the bullet at 0.4 inches for 3 shot groups. Superb accuracy but I'm not all that sure I want to use an all copper bullet when hunting yet. Does anyone have any experience with all copper bullet performance on Deer or Antelope?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Teri Anne, post: 2266992, member: 118816"] To think that your barrel is shot out because it doesn't shoot well without your pet load is more than a bit premature. I constantly try different loads out in all of my rifles .270, .308, 30-06 and 300 WM. all while attempting to get a tighter group, although all of them are well under 1 moa. Please note that all of my rifles are out of the box with the exception of the 300 WM, which I had a muzzle brake installed before I sent the first round down the barrel. Although bullets do make a big difference powder type and charge all vary. It is an almost never ending quest to get the group smaller. I have found that each of the barrels are finicky both with powder type and bullet design. Don't think that your quest to find something other than your ELD-X will not work. There are most likely many different bullets that will shoot less than 1 moa out there, but you have to be patient. Speaking of patience, I work in the firearms department at Cabelas and have already seen a new influx of both ammunition in the most popular calibers as well as bullets to include your ELD-X 178 gr going on the shelves. If you want to try something I have found amazing try the new all copper bullets. I tried the Barns TSX 165 gr in both the .308 and the 30-06 and reduced the size of my groups to slightly bigger than the size of the bullet at 0.4 inches for 3 shot groups. Superb accuracy but I'm not all that sure I want to use an all copper bullet when hunting yet. Does anyone have any experience with all copper bullet performance on Deer or Antelope? [/QUOTE]
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