Guys,
I want to run Hornady 168 ELD-X in my 7 mag. What powder are you guys running in yours? Also are you using standard or mag primers...what are the benefits of going one way or the other?
Mel
Posted By: DStroud
Re: 7mm Mag - 08/06/17 05:01 PM
Is this a new bullet weight? I am only familiar with 162 & 175 in the 7MM ELD-x
Probably not...lol. It's probably the 162 and I just got it wrong.
Posted By: red bluff
Re: 7mm Mag - 08/06/17 05:47 PM
I went and purchased the tenth edition Hornady Handbook for this very question. I loaded RL 25 ladder test with the top being 69.3 gr. (book value 3000 fps) because I had RL-25 on hand. Have not shoot it yet.
Other powders listed for 3000 fps:
IMR 4831
RL-22
H1000
MAGPRO
Posted By: J.G.
Re: 7mm Mag - 08/06/17 06:00 PM
CCI 250 or Fed 215M (if you can find them)
H-Retumbo
I loaded a friend's with 168 Bergers and it shoots like a house on Fire. Same powder, same primer but I load a 180 Berger in mine, same results. Stupid accurate and makes plenty of velocity. Both are compressed charges.
Of course, Rerumbo is a temperature stable powder, which is all I ever use.
Retumbo
H-1000
H4831
In no particular order. I've gotten really good results with all of those 3. Just depends on which your rifle likes best