Thread: 270 not liking ELD-X. What should I try?

Originally Posted by dannyb

Agree 40mm at 235 meters is plenty good, something else to keep an eye on with eldx is copper fouling, in my sako a7 they were pretty bad for it but then again 100 rounds probably does require a bit of maintainence.
What kind of speed are you getting ? Eldx work in quite a broad range of speeds from about 1800-2600fps or greater from memory, as long as you have something around that at the range you want to shoot you can adjust your drop charts to suit.
I'm pretty new to reloading and I work off the theory find pressure then make sure your at least 1gn below that (wherever you get best accuracy) for a safe load.
Another thing is your case prep up to scratch ? Brass sized properly, length trimmed, neck chamfered etc ?
Good consistent cases give good consistent data.
No digs at all just trying to help

Didn't chrony the 55 grain starting load, but got 2790 fps with 56 grains, 2850 with 57 and 2920 with 58, so I'm guessing around 2730 fps. Doubt it was copper fouling as I don't shoot enough and over-clean, if anything. I like to think my case prep is pretty good, but I'm still learning... only bump-sizing, not full length sizing and trimming / chamfering to 64.35mm. Thanks for the ideas, though...