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Hornady ELD-X Official Thread
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<blockquote data-quote="Engineering101" data-source="post: 1175464" data-attributes="member: 63138"><p>Just for the heck of it I ran a quick incremental powder test with, of all things, a 30-06 and the 178 grain ELD-X and RL-26. Turned out the best 3-shot group was the top load of 62.0 grains of RL-26. Group was 0.766" at 200 yards. Average velocity was 2,908 fps (3,342 ft lbs) which is smokin' in an 06. No pressure signs though. I'm loading up 6 more of these to confirm it wasn't a fluke. It probably wasn't though since the group at 61.0 grains measured 1.359" and that group was tighter than the one at 60.0 grains so there was a nice tightening in group size as the powder was increased. Barrel is a 26" Kreiger on a Sako L61R action. I used a COAL of 3.395" which is a jump of 0.016" in this rifle. Fed 210 primers. Gonna be hard to leave this one home if it continues to shoot this good with this kind of power.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Engineering101, post: 1175464, member: 63138"] Just for the heck of it I ran a quick incremental powder test with, of all things, a 30-06 and the 178 grain ELD-X and RL-26. Turned out the best 3-shot group was the top load of 62.0 grains of RL-26. Group was 0.766" at 200 yards. Average velocity was 2,908 fps (3,342 ft lbs) which is smokin' in an 06. No pressure signs though. I'm loading up 6 more of these to confirm it wasn't a fluke. It probably wasn't though since the group at 61.0 grains measured 1.359" and that group was tighter than the one at 60.0 grains so there was a nice tightening in group size as the powder was increased. Barrel is a 26" Kreiger on a Sako L61R action. I used a COAL of 3.395" which is a jump of 0.016" in this rifle. Fed 210 primers. Gonna be hard to leave this one home if it continues to shoot this good with this kind of power. [/QUOTE]
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