Thread: 7mm ELD-X in a SAUM, what's another projectile option?

Originally Posted by 257weatherby

I might be doing something wrong here, am mostly using ordinary old Speer Hotcors and similar, out of ordinary old geriatric .243 and .308 and stuff just keeps on falling over, oh well, in my day we walked to school barefoot through the snow and ate barbed wire for lunch, why change now

Greetings 257 Weatherby and Micky Duck,
I don't remember snow falling in Taradale in the late 50's and early 60's and if barbed wire was ever on the menu I must have been away that day. Regardless of that I have been procrastinating over loads for my 7mm SAUM Sendero for most of the time since I bought it in 2004. The rifle has the usual short mag that requires a max OAL of 71mm or there about. Long projectiles need to be seated quite deep and only the Remington 150 grain can be seated close to the lands. For a little used rifle and only 7mm I seem to have an assortment of projectiles in stock ranging from the Hornady 139 grain spire point to the Hornady 162 grain AMax. I was faffing about with projectiles on the bench the other day and found that the Speer 145 grain FB did not chew up too much powder space. BC is nothing flash by todays standards but I won't be taking any real long shots anyway. Some test loads, with this projectile, have been in the blocks for a little over 4 years so I really must take them along to the next range day and fire them. Thanks for jogging my memory.
Regards Grandpamac.