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Thread: can't leave well enough alone 7mm rem mag 180gn eldm and VLD

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    Cool can't leave well enough alone 7mm rem mag 180gn eldm and VLD

    G'day team
    After selling my prized carbon 270wsm sako, I have since become the owner of a Fierce Fury in 7mm rem mag, it shoots factory Sako 150gn powerheads (barnes ttsx) 1/4 moa but i want something softer and heavier also I'd rather hand load than be reliant on the availability of factory ammo.
    Now as best I can tell the Fierce is either a 1:8.5 twist or at worst 1:9 twist with a 24" barrel.
    I have bought some Norma brass and a sample pack of 180gn Hornandy ELDM and 180gn Berger VLD hunting.
    I know people have been getting great results wth RL33 and 180gn VLD's however I would prefer to stick to ADI if possible as RL seems to sell out in anything that is useful to me having experinced the frustration of trying to buy RL26 for my WSM I'd prefer to stay away from RL powder if at all possible.
    So I looked at ADI site for their load data and they quote some interesting/promising figures for 2225 and 2217 both of which i have already.
    Has anyone had any experince loading the above projectiles in front of the above mentioned powders ?
    I will of course work up a ladder for both starting with the 2225 and go from there, the fierce has a long mag (3.75") with plenty of room to seat the projectiles way out so hopefully I should be able to seat them pretty close to the lands.
    Bearing that in mind should I consider the data form ADI as pretty conservative as I will be seating my projectiles out further than SAAMI specs so hopefully less pressure and wont' be compressed loads as early as there figures suggest ?
    Also are the heavier pills likely to stabalise in the twist that I have to work with ?
    Looking forward to developing a load for this lovely rifle and happy to hear any thoughts or advice on what I'm doing.
    thanks

 

 

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