Hornady ELD and ELD-X

[foxmustang]

I just purchased some of these to run in my 300 wing mag. Load data seems the be pretty scarce for any of these as my current hornady manual doesn't have these listed. Anyone have any data for the 200 ELD and the 208 ELD-X bullets in 30 caliber? I haven't heard back from Hornady in the email I have sent a few days ago

 

[avboiler11]

For ELDs, use A-Max data...for ELD-X, they tend to be longer so I'd use same or maybe drop the starting load 1%.

 

[foxmustang]

For ELDs, use A-Max data...for ELD-X, they tend to be longer so I'd use same or maybe drop the starting load 1%.

That's what I was going to go with but I wanted to hear it from somebody else. How do they shoot and what caliber are you shooting them out of?

 

[Yeah]

Depending on powder choice I intend to drop further than 1%, as they sport a bit more bearing surface than their like weight AMax counterparts.

I have a few boxes of 162s for R&D purposes but have have slacked and am yet to press them into cases.

 

[foxmustang]

Depending on powder choice I intend to drop further than 1%, as they sport a bit more bearing surface than their like weight AMax counterparts.

I have a few boxes of 162s for R&D purposes but have have slacked and am yet to press them into cases.

Powders are H1000, IMR 4350, and H4350. Plan on starting at 3% but no more than that due to the heavy, slow charges of powder.

 

[Festan]

From Hornady's site:

http://www.hornady.com/assets/files/reloading-manual-data/ReloadingData30Cal200grELD-X.pdf