Hornady ELD-X 30 cal. 178 Gr.

[Whitetail200]

Just curious on this option . Has anyone used the hornady Eld-X 30 cal 178 gr. in a 300 win mag , 24" barrel 1/10 twist .If so how was your experience on performance , penetration , grouping etc . Preferred Powder selection to achieve the above . I currently have IMR 4350 & H4831 sc on hand but hornady handbook 11 Th. Edition doesn't list these . Any info suggestions welcome .

[huntinstuff]

Originally Posted by Whitetail200

Just curious on this option . Has anyone used the hornady Eld-X 30 cal 178 gr. in a 300 win mag , 24" barrel 1/10 twist .If so how was your experience on performance , penetration , grouping etc . Preferred Powder selection to achieve the above . I currently have IMR 4350 & H4831 sc on hand but hornady handbook 11 Th. Edition doesn't list these . Any info suggestions welcome .

My son has 1:11 twist and his accuracy is sub MOA at 500m. Your 1:10 is just as good or better.

His loads are 178g ELD-X OR ELD-MATCH with:

Imr 4064 60g
IMR 4350 70g
RL22 75g

With any of the above loads he is good. I prefer making his IMR 4350 loads because of the availability of that powder.

All 3 powders put him between 3000 and 3100fps

We havent recovered an ELD-X. Thru ribs, thru heart, thru ribs and gone.

****73.8g is the Hornady maximum for H4831 powder with your 178g ELD-X.

[acumark]

Originally Posted by Whitetail200

Just curious on this option . Has anyone used the hornady Eld-X 30 cal 178 gr. in a 300 win mag , 24" barrel 1/10 twist .If so how was your experience on performance , penetration , grouping etc . Preferred Powder selection to achieve the above . I currently have IMR 4350 & H4831 sc on hand but hornady handbook 11 Th. Edition doesn't list these . Any info suggestions welcome .

I have sako 85 finnlight 11 in 300 WM I use the same bullet accuracy is .5 moa, have shoot out to 985 yards, farthest confirmed kill on a large VI black Bear at 585 yards. Bear went 40 yards into timber I got down there and had to finish it off with 1. I have taken some very nice mulies as well. 79g H1000 give me 3040 with ES of 6 and under 5/8" at 100 yards.

[huntinstuff]

https://youtu.be/RDoJWZXQMjg?si=OZj0NAitFw5bdLKo

Ogive measurement for you. Almost exactly what I have done.

Note the Hornady comment he makes on variance
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There will be 100 different opinions on this Im sure as you can turn reloading into quantum physics if you have the desire