Mxracer532
Well-Known Member
I FINALLY found a box and picked it up, I have H-1000 and Retumbo to try out, has anyone loaded these up yet with either of these pounders? Seating depths?
Rifle is a 1st gen Sendero.
Rifle is a 1st gen Sendero.
Be very interested in results and thoughts on loading the 280 Rem / 7x64.
Anyone know whether the regular ELD will perform on game in the same way as the old A-Max will?
Best wishes,
Scrummy
I just put a load together for my Tikka 7mm rem mag. Using Rem brass, CCI 250 primer, 162 ELD-X, 70.5 grains of H1000, and an OAL of 3.365 I am shooting 1/2 inch groups at 200 yards and getting 2930 FPS.
I'm super happy with this load especially from a 24.5" barrel.
I just put a load together for my Tikka 7mm rem mag. Using Rem brass, CCI 250 primer, 162 ELD-X, 70.5 grains of H1000, and an OAL of 3.365 I am shooting 1/2 inch groups at 200 yards and getting 2930 FPS.
I'm super happy with this load especially from a 24.5" barrel.
Wow that 2 grains over max by hornady and they show 3000 fps at 68.5 out of 24 inch barrel. Are you showing pressure signs
I understand what your saying about hodgon load data but not all. Bullets are the same i shot 72 grain of retumbo with a-max but have found that 69.5 is the max for the eld-x bullets out of my rifle so with that being said I hope it does work for you but I'd still be careful because there a reason 68.5 h1000 was listed as the maximum from hornady[/QUOTE
You're right every bullet is different, so is every rifle. Maybe that's the reason that Hornady listed their max load 2 grains less than Hodgdon.
I seriously suspect that they were being extremely conservative though, but as always it's smart to work up to any listed max load.