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Reloading
7 Saum 162gr ELD-X H1000 and H4831sc
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<blockquote data-quote="PowellSixO" data-source="post: 1378800" data-attributes="member: 66495"><p>Well with Christmas being so crazy, I didn't get the chance to do ANY shooting. But I did get to set down and reload some rounds. I got 3 rounds loaded from the minimum load with H4831sc, in .3 gr increments, all the way up to max load. I loaded them all .020" off the lands. One interesting thing I noticed while reloading, was the COAL with the ELD-X bullets. With the ELD-X bullets loaded to .020" off the lands, I had just enough magazine length to load these rounds with absolutely no loading issues (roughly 1/16" - 3/32" to spare). Well I happened to have a bunch of 168 gr Berger VLD Hunting bullets with me too, so I decided to compared them to the ELD-X. The design of the two appears to be very similar, but not exact (obviously). So for sh!ts and grins, I measured a VLD to see it's COAL in this new rifle. With the different ogive shape of the VLD, the COAL was quite a bit longer than the ELD-X when loaded to the lands. It was long enought that it would have issues with the magazine. In fact, it would not load in the magazine. So for anyone else looking to do a 7 saum in the future, the ELD-X will work in a Short Action Savage Magazine, but a VLD probably will not (unless you want to load them quite a bit off of the lands). To seat a VLD all the way out to the lands, you would have to work with a Long Action. Or you would have to single feed in the short action. Just thought I'd throw that info out there.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PowellSixO, post: 1378800, member: 66495"] Well with Christmas being so crazy, I didn't get the chance to do ANY shooting. But I did get to set down and reload some rounds. I got 3 rounds loaded from the minimum load with H4831sc, in .3 gr increments, all the way up to max load. I loaded them all .020" off the lands. One interesting thing I noticed while reloading, was the COAL with the ELD-X bullets. With the ELD-X bullets loaded to .020" off the lands, I had just enough magazine length to load these rounds with absolutely no loading issues (roughly 1/16" - 3/32" to spare). Well I happened to have a bunch of 168 gr Berger VLD Hunting bullets with me too, so I decided to compared them to the ELD-X. The design of the two appears to be very similar, but not exact (obviously). So for sh!ts and grins, I measured a VLD to see it's COAL in this new rifle. With the different ogive shape of the VLD, the COAL was quite a bit longer than the ELD-X when loaded to the lands. It was long enought that it would have issues with the magazine. In fact, it would not load in the magazine. So for anyone else looking to do a 7 saum in the future, the ELD-X will work in a Short Action Savage Magazine, but a VLD probably will not (unless you want to load them quite a bit off of the lands). To seat a VLD all the way out to the lands, you would have to work with a Long Action. Or you would have to single feed in the short action. Just thought I'd throw that info out there. [/QUOTE]
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