178 gr ELDs in .308 Winchester
Pappabear and I got out Sunday and got to shoot 30 rounds of the 178 gr ELDs in .308. We ran them directly against our 175gr SMK load both in MEN .308 brass with Varget and 210m primers.
The 178s have a weird ogive that forced me to use our gas gun seating die to get them seated deep enough to get good neck tension/contact. That caused some load compression.
Both bullets chrono'd about the same at 2549 fps out of a 20" bolt gun. I expected the 178s to shoot faster with the load compression, but it was not the case.
Dope on both bullets tracked similarly out to 1300 yards. I expected to see the 178 really out fly the 175 smk, but It wasn't the case with this load.
We're going to repeat with Lapua Brass next shoot.
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