Thread: What Have You Loaded Today

30-06ai
162gn Sako blade copper
Sako fire formed brass
ADI 2209
Remington large rifle primers

243 95g Targex with 2209 for the Strata.

Originally Posted by dannyb

30-06ai
162gn Sako blade copper
Sako fire formed brass
ADI 2209
Remington large rifle primers

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Those cases are dirty compared to your usual high standards Danny, your cases are normally shiney as.

Are those split tips a new projectile on the market?

Originally Posted by 7mm Rem Mag

Those cases are dirty compared to your usual high standards Danny, your cases are normally shiney as.

Are those split tips a new projectile on the market?

believe it or not I tumbled them for 3 hours.....maybe my media needs replacing

The projectiles are the same as what comes in the Sako factory copper ammunition, they were accurate enough however I couldn't get enough velocity out of them in the lightest 30 cal offering (162gn) to make them viable outside 300y which is a shame as I used the 140gn factory 7 mm rem mag version last roar and found it very good.
they would go well in a 300wsm or similar.

180 ELDM new ADG brass 64.5 gn RL26 @ 2880 fps from a 20” barrel
Testing gave ES of 5.1 and SD 2.1 group of 0.65
That’l do me 😎

Originally Posted by AMac

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180 ELDM new ADG brass 64.5 gn RL26 @ 2880 fps from a 20” barrel
Testing gave ES of 5.1 and SD 2.1 group of 0.65
That’l do me ��

Good combo I shot the the same but 62 grains deadly!

Originally Posted by Kelton

Good combo I shot the the same but 62 grains deadly!

I can just about get 3000fps with the 162eldm - my ballistic app shows the 180’s “over taking” the 162’s by 150m out to 500 shooting ever so slightly flatter and delivering 44% more energy and a lot less wind drift.
Was quite surprised at how much difference there is between the two.

Originally Posted by AMac

I can just about get 3000fps with the 162eldm - my ballistic app shows the 180’s “over taking” the 162’s by 150m out to 500 shooting ever so slightly flatter and delivering 44% more energy and a lot less wind drift.
Was quite surprised at how much difference there is between the two.

Yip can confirm it works well from 10meters to 1000 one rifle shooting it at 2900 and the other 2930 about to load for a new barrel this afternoon

Originally Posted by Kelton

Yip can confirm it works well from 10meters to 1000 one rifle shooting it at 2900 and the other 2930 about to load for a new barrel this afternoon

I only loaded one round with 65 grains just to see and it produced 2923 bolt opened easily etc.
But I thought 2880 will be good enough for now.

Originally Posted by AMac

Attachment 269341

180 ELDM new ADG brass 64.5 gn RL26 @ 2880 fps from a 20” barrel
Testing gave ES of 5.1 and SD 2.1 group of 0.65
That’l do me ��

Originally Posted by Kelton

Good combo I shot the the same but 62 grains deadly!

Interestingly enough I get similar performance outta my 30 06ai 178gn ELDM at 2930fps with only 60gn of 2209 seems I'm in good company

Originally Posted by AMac

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180 ELDM new ADG brass 64.5 gn RL26 @ 2880 fps from a 20” barrel
Testing gave ES of 5.1 and SD 2.1 group of 0.65
That’l do me

7mm Saum or 7 rem mag or 7prc

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Originally Posted by 25/08 IMP

7mm Saum or 7 rem mag or 7prc

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7 Saum - its on the box ��

Originally Posted by AMac

I only loaded one round with 65 grains just to see and it produced 2923 bolt opened easily etc.
But I thought 2880 will be good enough for now.

Yea that’s plenty goes to show the difference in chambers huh

Originally Posted by dannyb

Interestingly enough I get similar performance outta my 30 06ai 178gn ELDM at 2930fps with only 60gn of 2209 seems I'm in good company

Bloody good combo Danny it’s nice to see the self proclaimed BC slut shoot a good honest 30 cal recipe that we no flat out works even if the BC isn’t that flash

Originally Posted by Kelton

Yea that’s plenty goes to show the difference in chambers huh

Yeah and action length mine is based on a T3 set up with a long throat so COAL is 3.125” the Greg Dooley articles on the PRC in his magazine had the saami coal at 2.825”

I found a good article by Brian Litz on the benefits of this “In fact, the extra powder you can add to a cartridge with the bullet seated long will allow you to achieve greater velocity at the same pressure than a cartridge with a bullet seated short.” “After all, when you seat the bullet out longer and leave more internal case volume for powder, your effectively making the cartridge into a bigger cartridge by increasing the size of the combustion chamber.”

My 7 saum is not far off a 7 prc with a 20” barrel velocity wise.

Gone to harder ADG brass from norma 300 saum necked down.

I think barrels make a difference too some just seem faster.