Thread: Model 7 7mm08 150gn eldx load development

I'm just about to start loading the same combination in a sako 7mm08, 22" barrel, 150eld-x, 2208, Fiocchi large rifle primers, once fired Hornady brass.

I've been using the factory Precision Hunter ammo and have found the projectile extremely good on animals from 30 yards to 300. The velocity averages around 2650fps but has quite a wide spread with as high as 2680fps and low as 2624fps within 10 rounds. I have a suspicion it became less consistent when they changed from the regular silver primers they had to brass ones (only on 7mm08 rounds, everything else still gets the silver primers).

Does anyone recommend a good range for an initial ladder test? Looking at the hornady reloading page, depending whether you count 2208 as vargant or imr4064 (the two comparisons adi make on their comparisons table) it changes the max load by 1.7 grains...
and on hodgdon's and ADI's website it has a great varience for 150gr projectiles between sierra or barnes, no eldx.

Should I be looking at the data for 154gr hornady sp instead as on Hornady's website it has them in the same group. Fairly new to reloading so taking it easy but hoping to find a load with decent accuracy around 2700+fps which seems doable from what other people are getting.
Cheers