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Reloading
Anybody tried the new 145 ELD-X in .270 Win?
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<blockquote data-quote="Lemjohn" data-source="post: 1622098" data-attributes="member: 103647"><p>Hey Tobyn, only you can answer that really. What are you wanting to achieve? Sounds like your current load is working.</p><p>However if you do go beyond book max then you really need to tread extremely carefully, watch pressure signs and be sure your crony is telling the truth. I use my air rifle to "sanity check" my chrony before testing loads with it.</p><p> </p><p>My experience with 2209 and eld in my 270 is in a rifle with a long throat and norma brass. Fired cases measure 71gr of water which is significantly larger than the 68gr usually quoted for a 270. Eld's don't touch rifling until at 3.460 coal.</p><p>If using quickload case capacity is a really important measurement to take.</p><p></p><p>Given these factors my lower node was between 52.5-53, upper node is 54.5-55. Both nodes group with .020 jump but a wider window is between .040-0.50 jump. The upper node had the best ES, but not quite the group. 1/2-3/4 is typical. Heaps for hunting and an ethical kill. My final load is 54.7g 3.415 coal</p><p></p><p>I started overbook at 52.5 as this was an unbelievable load for 150sst and had tested 150s upto 55g before any sign of pressure so was reasonably confident anyway...the 145g let me get into the upper node I couldn't quite reach with the 150.</p><p></p><p>This is with 210M primers</p><p></p><p>Hope this helps - stay safe.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lemjohn, post: 1622098, member: 103647"] Hey Tobyn, only you can answer that really. What are you wanting to achieve? Sounds like your current load is working. However if you do go beyond book max then you really need to tread extremely carefully, watch pressure signs and be sure your crony is telling the truth. I use my air rifle to "sanity check" my chrony before testing loads with it. My experience with 2209 and eld in my 270 is in a rifle with a long throat and norma brass. Fired cases measure 71gr of water which is significantly larger than the 68gr usually quoted for a 270. Eld's don't touch rifling until at 3.460 coal. If using quickload case capacity is a really important measurement to take. Given these factors my lower node was between 52.5-53, upper node is 54.5-55. Both nodes group with .020 jump but a wider window is between .040-0.50 jump. The upper node had the best ES, but not quite the group. 1/2-3/4 is typical. Heaps for hunting and an ethical kill. My final load is 54.7g 3.415 coal I started overbook at 52.5 as this was an unbelievable load for 150sst and had tested 150s upto 55g before any sign of pressure so was reasonably confident anyway...the 145g let me get into the upper node I couldn't quite reach with the 150. This is with 210M primers Hope this helps - stay safe. [/QUOTE]
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