.308Winchester with Hornady 200gr ELD-X

[JeffreyDeGraff]

So was loading up some of the 200gr eld-x with IMR4064, and ran into a little snag. My rifle’s chamber was cut with a Palma reamer, so it has a really short throat. When I tried to seat the bullets to the depth I wanted/needed, the powder was compressed so much that my seating depths were very erratic. I’m still going to shoot them but don’t have high hopes for accuracy. I’m going to load some with CFE223, hoping a ball powder will give me some more space for bullet seating.


JTD

[Holland]

Sorry to hear that man. I’m looking forward to seeing how they shoot and hope they group well for you

So was loading up some of the 200gr eld-x with IMR4064, and ran into a little snag. My rifle’s chamber was cut with a Palma reamer, so it has a really short throat. When I tried to seat the bullets to the depth I wanted/needed, the powder was compressed so much that my seating depths were very erratic. I’m still going to shoot them but don’t have high hopes for accuracy. I’m going to load some with CFE223, hoping a ball powder will give me some more space for bullet seating.


JTD

That’s the beauty of what we can do as reloaders

[JeffreyDeGraff]

Sorry to hear that man. I’m looking forward to seeing how they shoot and hope they group well for you






That’s the beauty of what we can do as reloaders

My max COAL with the 200gr eld-x is 2.749”. All the ones I loaded with 4064 are going to be .001-.003” into the lands. Going to load some with cfe223 tonight. Fingers crossed.


JTD

[Holland]

That’s pretty short COAL.. to me it seems anyway

My max COAL with the 200gr eld-x is 2.749”. All the ones I loaded with 4064 are going to be .001-.003” into the lands. Going to load some with cfe223 tonight. Fingers crossed.


JTD

That’s the beauty of what we can do as reloaders