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6gt with 80gr ELD-VT

RAMhunter123

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Leaning on this groups collective expertise! Does anyone have experience loading the new Hornady 80gr ELD-VT in the 6gt cartridge? Going to start out with testing Varget and go from there but thought I would see if anyone had advice/recommendations. Thanks for your time!
 
Justice1327 said:
80 ELDVT
RL16
3000 = 37.7
3500= 43.9

H380
3000 =38.5
3500=44.7

H4350
3000=37.9
3450=44.2

Staball match
3000=35.1
3400=41.1

Staball 6.5
3000=41.1
3500=45.7

Leverlution
3000=35.1
3400=40.4

N550
3000=37.4
3450=42.6

Varget
3000=34.2
3400=40.2
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Thanks for the data. Is that from Quickload or Hornady? I picked up a couple boxes to try in my 6GT and can't wait to give them a whirl.
 
I'm gonna load some up in mine. 26 inch Krieger, alpha brass, cci srp I am gonna try staball 6.5, match, h4350, varget and reloader 16 I will let you know what works best for me.
 
chutinlead said:
Thanks for the data. Is that from Quickload or Hornady? I picked up a couple boxes to try in my 6GT and can't wait to give them a whirl.
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Hornady... 6mm Creedmoor… for some reason it didn't post all of the data and left off that it was for a 6mm Creedmoor for reference only . I will check with admin and see if I can edit the ad even though it doesn't give me an option to right now.
 
I tried them in 6 Predator using TAC and got 1" MOA at 100yds. Still more work to do as I just loaded them at MAG length and went for it. Will attempt adjusting COAL to see what happens.
 
Finally was able to make it out to the range and put some to the test. Decided to test these in my 6GT with Varget, starting at 32.5gr and working my way up to 35.0gr (in .5 increments). With no pressure signs, my best group size and velocities came with the 35.0gr charge. Had an average velocity of 3122fps with an SD of 3.0 and ES of 5.6, resulting in a group size of .52" at 100yds. Still have some fine tuning to do but very excited at the potential for this bullet.
 
RAMhunter123 said:
Finally was able to make it out to the range and put some to the test. Decided to test these in my 6GT with Varget, starting at 32.5gr and working my way up to 35.0gr (in .5 increments). With no pressure signs, my best group size and velocities came with the 35.0gr charge. Had an average velocity of 3122fps with an SD of 3.0 and ES of 5.6, resulting in a group size of .52" at 100yds. Still have some fine tuning to do but very excited at the potential for this bullet.
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Barrel length?
 
RAMhunter123 said:
Leaning on this groups collective expertise! Does anyone have experience loading the new Hornady 80gr ELD-VT in the 6gt cartridge? Going to start out with testing Varget and go from there but thought I would see if anyone had advice/recommendations. Thanks for your time!
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I tested three loads today 37.8 of Varget I got 3453 average I didn't shoot paper but I was stinging steel out at 470 in a 15 mph wind. I also loaded 35.5 of 15.5 it ran at 3266. And RL 16 at 38.5 ran 3250. All the loads stacked bullets on a 4 inch plate at 421 easily
 

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