Hornady ELD-X Official Thread

[Hornhunter32]

Just received notification from Midway USA that my order for 2 boxes of 162 grain ELD X has shipped!

So did I! I just ordered some from Scheels because I've been waiting since October for midway to ship them.

 

[RobStar]

Four boxes of the 162's came in from Cabela's today (backordered a month ago) and two more on the way! Fingers crossed these workout for my two antelope tags and my mule deer tag this year!

~Robert

 

[Hornhunter32]

Does anyone know why th BC on the box is higher than what Hornady first released for the 162 & 175 ELD-X bullets?

 

[tbrice23]

Don't know, but I sure is.

 

[7mmShooter]

I actually emailed them about that as I have a box of 162 ELD Match sitting on the shelf. They basically said that the original figures were preliminary estimates, and to use the updated info. 162 ELD-M has essentially the same G7 BC as the 175gr ELD-X had...

 

[Hornhunter32]

I actually emailed them about that as I have a box of 162 ELD Match sitting on the shelf. They basically said that the original figures were preliminary estimates, and to use the updated info. 162 ELD-M has essentially the same G7 BC as the 175gr ELD-X had...

Sounds like marketing BS to me, I'm not buying it. There is no way the 175 ELD-X has a higher BC than the 180 VLD.

 

[Swamplord]

"preliminary estimates" ?!?!

didn't Hornady make a big deal about Doppler Radar and providing accurate bc's when hyping up these bullets ?

something ain't right here

 

[dwm]

So now that we have some let's see how they shoot. This is a 284 Winchester load, 175 grain ELD-X, 58.5 gr RL-26, REM 9 1/2M primers, seated 3.242. I loaded a few up to pressure test, this is 7 rounds fired at 100yds.

Shows promise ...

 

[7mmShooter]

Sounds like marketing BS to me, I'm not buying it. There is no way the 175 ELD-X has a higher BC than the 180 VLD.

It doesn't... .345 G7 on the 180 Hunting VLD. All you need to do is email them, that's all I did and I told essentially what they responded with.

Time will tell... Have a great day guys!

 

[Rogmay]

Doug, what kind of seating Depths were you playing with ?

 

[dwm]

About 0.010 off the lands. (There is a smudge all the way around the bullet from the lead, but no marks from the lands.)

 

[Hornhunter32]

I did some testing with the 162 ELD-X this weekend out of my 280 AI. I tested H4831sc and Retumbo. Retumbo won in the accuracy and velocity department. According to my chronograph, I was able to get 3108 fps with 63.7 grs of Retumbo, Rem Brass, and a Fed 215M. I had a very light extractor mark and a little cratering. There was a node around 3060 that looked very promising. I checked my chronograph with two different rifles and the velocities matched my buddies magneto. This was a max load so work up slowly. I was able to get 3050 out of H4831sc, but the accuracy wasn't there. I did have a node worth exploring right around 3030 though.

 

[cowboy]

I did some testing with the 162 ELD-X this weekend out of my 280 AI. I tested H4831sc and Retumbo. Retumbo won in the accuracy and velocity department. According to my chronograph, I was able to get 3108 fps with 63.7 grs of Retumbo, Rem Brass, and a Fed 215M. I had a very light extractor mark and a little cratering. There was a node around 3060 that looked very promising. I checked my chronograph with two different rifles and the velocities matched my buddies magneto. This was a max load so work up slowly. I was able to get 3050 out of H4831sc, but the accuracy wasn't there. I did have a node worth exploring right around 3030 though.

What twist do you have in your 280AI barrel?

 

[Hornhunter32]

Brux #4 26" 9 twist