ELD-M problems. Replacement bullet?
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I guess you’ll have to explain your complaints. You say you don’t have any problem but complaints. Is it speed?
accuracy? Only reason I ask is because we can suggest another bullet but it may give you the same complaints.
I shoot the 140 ELD-Ms Currently and they shoot very well. Not to expensive and give me results I like.
I used to shoot the 139 Lapua Scenars (harder to find and $$$)
and the Berger 140 hybrid target (you can find but still $$$)
Again I stuck with the 140s because I can get them locally and for a good price still. They perform very well and I get what I want out of them.
26” hawk hill 1:8 6.5 CM
accuracy? Only reason I ask is because we can suggest another bullet but it may give you the same complaints.
I shoot the 140 ELD-Ms Currently and they shoot very well. Not to expensive and give me results I like.
I used to shoot the 139 Lapua Scenars (harder to find and $$$)
and the Berger 140 hybrid target (you can find but still $$$)
Again I stuck with the 140s because I can get them locally and for a good price still. They perform very well and I get what I want out of them.
26” hawk hill 1:8 6.5 CM
Bullets exploding.
Range Report - Hornady 147 ELDM blowing up
Searched for 147 ELDM jacket separation or bullets blowing up/coming apart down range on here and one dead thread with 7 posts about the 147 and another on the 180 ELDMs. Over the past 2 weeks i've talked to at least 15 people who have experienced both factory Hornady 6.5PRC and reloads using...
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As noted in other posts, I gave up on Hornady. Product performance and the company's problem denial lost my trust. 144 Berger Hybred for me now.
I hadn’t seen this. Thanks! Seems like a lot with PRC and not CM. Interesting....Bullets exploding.
Range Report - Hornady 147 ELDM blowing up
Searched for 147 ELDM jacket separation or bullets blowing up/coming apart down range on here and one dead thread with 7 posts about the 147 and another on the 180 ELDMs. Over the past 2 weeks i've talked to at least 15 people who have experienced both factory Hornady 6.5PRC and reloads using...
The 140 ELDM are a fine bullet also, as is the 130, and 123. Personally, I don't like working up new loads so i tend to stick with one bullet. Ok, I don't, but I tell myself I should for that reason. 
That’s what I shoot from the CM. I can’t swear that I have experienced this, but it does provide an explanation as to some weird things that of happened with it. For example, I can shoot 40 rounds, clearly account for 39, all chronographed with a LabRadar, and one just seems to vanish.
Same boat as this guy. I have a good load for 144s and am done buying Hornady for a while. I don't shoot enough volume to care if it's an extra $1-200 for bullets over the life of the barrel. I do have about a case of Hornady factory ammo that I'll shoot up and probably 500 varmint bullets that I load for my Dad, but he'll get switched over as well when those are gone. Sorry. That got a little off topic.
The 140 ELD seems to still be trouble free and a good bullet.
I have now had a few 130 ELD pop n my 260 but it’s not nearly as bad as the 180 and 147 were.
I’be moved to Berger for 7 mm and after I shoot all my current 130’s I’m moving to RDF or Berger for my 260 as well.
I have now had a few 130 ELD pop n my 260 but it’s not nearly as bad as the 180 and 147 were.
I’be moved to Berger for 7 mm and after I shoot all my current 130’s I’m moving to RDF or Berger for my 260 as well.
can't believe all you overlook the 136gr Scenar L for a 6.5CM
A little lighter for most rifles is always better, with the 136 you maintain the higher speeds and have roughly the same BC as the 140 class of bullets depending on which number you look at.
With the Hornady bullet issues, Bergers are a great choice but don't overlook Lapua either, much easier to work with bullet.
A little lighter for most rifles is always better, with the 136 you maintain the higher speeds and have roughly the same BC as the 140 class of bullets depending on which number you look at.
With the Hornady bullet issues, Bergers are a great choice but don't overlook Lapua either, much easier to work with bullet.
I found the 140 ELDM's to be inconsistant. I had to adjust my seater plus or minus 0.020 inches to keep a consistant CBTO. Berger and Sierra need about 0.002 plus or minus. I gave up on Hornady bullets after I tried the Hybrids and Match Kings. Still like my LnL AP press though.
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Not a really correct assessment of what was posted in that thread. Read the actual posts and you’ll see many reporting 147s disappearing in good rifles at lower speeds in 6.5 Hornady factory ammo. More so lately than it used to be. I’m still putting my money on a minor materials/manufacturing change at Hornady to save money. But then I’m jaded from having spent my career working for manufacturing companies and have seen all sorts of things that help me to understand when things go awry.
Lol. I still am shooting these out of my third barrel. They are so consistent that there’s no reason to change. Well worth the cost, even though seemingly getting harder for me to find.
hahahaha...that's just value engineering, mate.
I shoot factory ammo and I have found Beger 140 gr Hybrid Target loaded ammo to work very nicely in my 6.5 CM.
Now if I can just find more of it....
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They were a known 260 combination bullet before 6.5 CM got popular.
With all of Hornady's problems, their 4DOF app is too good to walk away from their bullets completely. I'm just transitioning to the 140s.
Just going through load development now for a new 6.5 Creed 26" 1:8. Tried Sierra 123, 142, 150, Hornady 130 ELD and 140 SST. All were disappointing. Shot some 130 federal and 140 hornady match ammo, was even worse. Tried 130 Berger and 144 Berger- lights out. Settled on the 144 LRHT.
Wow. I hope you have enough barrel life left to enjoy the 144s for a while. You might consider refining your load development method.
With having tested all of those he couldn’t have dove too deep into any one of those mentioned. You can make most anything work usually provided its adequately twisted.
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