Swifty Morgan
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I got very good results shooting Hornady ELD Match 147-grain 6.5 Creedmoor ammo today. I saw some available online, and I was hoping to load up, but I wanted to wait until I had tried some I already had. By the time I was able to shoot, the ammo online had been snapped up.
I can still get bullets for reloading, but when I looked at the load data from Hornady, it said the powder I have (H4350) maxes out at 2600 fps. The ammo box claims the packaged stuff is rated at 2695.
Obvious question: do I want to bother trying to make ammunition that may not perform as well as the stuff I already tried?
How can Hornady squeeze so much speed out of the same bullet? The best figure their load data provides is 2650.
I can still get bullets for reloading, but when I looked at the load data from Hornady, it said the powder I have (H4350) maxes out at 2600 fps. The ammo box claims the packaged stuff is rated at 2695.
Obvious question: do I want to bother trying to make ammunition that may not perform as well as the stuff I already tried?
How can Hornady squeeze so much speed out of the same bullet? The best figure their load data provides is 2650.
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