(01-07-2022, 11:50 PM)BiggerHammer Wrote: I absolutely enjoy my 12” Monster 6ARC barrel. Factory Hornady 103gr ELD-X and 108gr ELD-M were way slow, to be expected from a 12” barrel. I settled on a hand load. Shooting the Hornady 90gr ELD-X, super accurate hovers at half MOA. I know it would shoot tighter if I threw one of my higher magnification scopes on it. I use it for calling coyote out West. So the 1-4 I have on it works fine for it’s purpose as a calling/ truck SBR.
2X Hornady brass
Hornady 90gr ELD-X
CCI450 small magnum primer
31gr Hodgdon’s Lever Evolution powder
COAL 2.190 (.020 off the lands)
Velocity 2541
Standard deviation 2.2
Extreme spread 4
Nice load. I’m envious!
I’m getting about 200fps less and 1.5 or so MOA out of my 12 Monster with the factory ELD-X ammo. I keep thinking that I need to start reloading, but shoot a relatively low volme so the investment in gear might not pay off.
Hopefully they’ll offer more loads and include either the lighter -X or better yet the CX bullets.