12-28-2020, 02:43 AM
(12-27-2020, 03:13 PM)grayfox Wrote: With my faxon 20" barrel I load the 103 eldx to 2.250. The Hodgdon mag 2021, says the partition Coal is 2.150, in their barrel. It definitely will be seated deeper than the eldx, maybe down to 2.150, however of course it's easier to seat deeper than to pull it out a bit. My guess is it would be less than 2.200.
I do the 95 Nosler BT's at 2.200, they are kinda stubby too. In your pic I bet there's not much shank of the partition inside that neck...
The base of the bullet is right at the junction of the neck & shoulder.
Even with no barrel yet I've been getting ladders ready for when it does arrive. I have ladders with 4 different powders & 103gr ELD-X bullets as well as the one with the Nosler bullet. The powders I'm using are AA2520, Leverevolution, CFE 223 & Shooters World Match. My brass is all resized Lapua & AA 6.5 Grendel brass. I'm just doing stuff to keep busy while I wait.
Even after I get my barrel, my wait to shoot it will be a bit longer. Tuesday I'm having cataract surgery on my right eye & then two weeks later it will be my left eye. I finally might get to the rifle range by the end of January or early February.
Feeling a bit anxious. Shoulda had this done last year after I retired...
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