Hornandy 73gr ELD 224 bullets

[Doc68]

Has anyone used these yet. If so how are they doing

 

[JCARL]

It's a good, short AR bullet. The new & improved 69gr BTHP.

 

[Shawn1492]

I was able to get great groups with Varget and 8208 at 100 yards. But at 300 yards 77SMK groups were half the size of the 73 ELD groups.

 

[PAYDIRT]

I shoot them out of my trainer 20" 9 twist. I did play with them in some good brass and Varget, shot some nice groups at 650.

 

[Mgordon]

We did some limited bullet jump testing with this bullet. I asked some people at Hornady a few years ago if they could recommend a 22 cal bullet/ammo that was typically a "slam dunk" with every rifle they shot. They recommended the 73 Gr ELD-M. It won't burn the house down in the BC department, but it is pretty stable and tolerant to changes.

Here is our standard 20 consecutive shot bullet jump ladder test we did going from .000" jump to .095" jump in .005" increments.

You can see that at 400 yards, 0.000" to .010" jump was .293" MOA of vertical for 3 consecutive shots. .020" to .035" was much better with .06 MOA and .164 MOA of vertical for 3 consecutive shots. I like to look at 5 consecutive shots however. As you can see the .015" to .045" jump was very consistent and offered .346 MOA to .441 MOA of vertical for 5 consecutive shots at 400 yards.

This test was "Text Book" in the regards that the 73 gr ELD-M bullet has its jump node all bunched together despite high spreads in velocity.

So anyone loading the 73 ELD-M, I would recommend starting all of your charge weight testing with .030" jump.

Mark.

 

[bunsen27]

It's been my go to PDog and Varmint bullet since 2018 and works great! I'm running it in a Remage with a 26" 1 in 8" twist Criterion barrel with a Wylde chamber @3025fps and a factory Savage 12 BVSS which has a 26" 1 in 9ish twist and standard 223 Rem chamber @2925fps.

Most people ignore the 73gr ELD-M and just go straight for the 75gr ELD-M, which is also a great bullet.

Several threads through the years here on the Hide:

Hornady .224 73 ELD-M Testing

padom XFirst Sergeant Rating: 3.8/5 this site 3050 posts this site Hornady .224 73 ELD-M Testing 12/08/2016 Last edited 12/08/2016 by padom Two boxes of the new .224 Hornady 73g ELD-M showed up today. I loaded up an OCW with 8208XBR in .2g increments from 23.2g to 24.2g to test in my 20"...

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Switch from 73 eld to 75 bthp

I'm shooting the 73's now in a 20" 1-9 twist. I'd like to switch to the 75 bthp because of the cost difference. You guys think I can stabilize the 75 in the 1-9?

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73gr ELD M and CFE 223

I have a pile of CFE 223 and just got a bunch of the 73's. Been trying them in a new barrel and getting pretty horrible groups. I'm going to try some Hornady factory match and factory 55gr VMax ammo (has traditionally both shot very well for me) and see if it's the barrel or the bullet/powder...

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73gr ELD M and CFE 223

I have a pile of CFE 223 and just got a bunch of the 73's. Been trying them in a new barrel and getting pretty horrible groups. I'm going to try some Hornady factory match and factory 55gr VMax ammo (has traditionally both shot very well for me) and see if it's the barrel or the bullet/powder...

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[PAYDIRT]

And just like that they are out of stock. I had been shooting the 73 for positional practice, it was easy too, neck size, throw blc-2 and seat a bullet. Guess I'll try the 69 RDF's hope they are as easy as the 73's.