Need help with 300 win mag 178 grain eldx quick

Factory ammunition should be sufficiently accurate for a hunt. Three boxes and pick the best group. Do that instead of running crazy to get ammo going. There are other things to enjoy, the hunt, the comradery, the peace and quiet.

Of course, if I had any load data for you I’d gladly give it.

What’s been going on the last 9 months?

Demi-human said:

Factory ammunition should be sufficiently accurate for a hunt. Three boxes and pick the best group. Do that instead of running crazy to get ammo going.

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Yep. And not every bullet shoots well in every gun. Since you haven't had luck with the ELD-Xs while handloading, it might be a good idea to leave factory ammo using those bullets on the shelf and choose three others...

climbnjump said:

Yep. And not every bullet shoots well in every gun. Since you haven't had luck with the ELD-Xs while handloading, it might be a good idea to leave factory ammo using those bullets on the shelf and choose three others...

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An excellent idea! I don’t know why Remington’s center fire ammunition is so loved, but I hear great reports of their Core-loks. I like their 300 Blackout ammo that uses the same.

Their rimfire on the other hand...

Try a box of Federal Fusions. I dont often buy factory ammo but when I do the Fusions have always given good accuracy and terminal performance in the rifles I've shot them in. The 270 Win shoots them so well that I dont ever reload for it despite having the dies and components to do so.

Hmm.
Nothing says “You’re Invited for Dinner” like 200grain 30 caliber Air Mail...

Time is short, you’ll need a zero and drops, too.

Of course, if you already know the one fifties well, that may be a more confident choice.

Godspeed, friend.

Kwaynem said:

I have 3 boxes of hornady whitetail 150 grain just not sure how well 150 grain would work this is a once in a lifetime draw out in the witchita mountains in southern Oklahoma the cows down there average about 350 to 400 pounds

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The whitetail is available in 180, my .300 did pretty good with blue box (powershok) 180s too. Fusion is a good recommendation, in lieu of the eld, you might grab a box of 180 Superformance sst, I'd take any of these 4 a few against a 400 lb cow, but I'd not try breaking bones with the sst.

I'll second the 180 gr Federal Fusions and Federal Power Shoks. They are the two most accurate 180 gr factory loads in my .300WM (Ruger) and both have performed well on deer. I'd expect most 180 gr .30 cal ammo to perform well on elk.

I remember being in the same situation back in the early nineties... I called in an order for a box of each brand of "premium" .300 WinMag hunting ammo available from whatever mail-order place I was using at the time. I remember how expensive I thought it was... if I only knew what ammo would cost today!

Anyway, I could barely get the new Model 70 to hit the paper with Winchester's new super-premium hunting ammo in the black box (I can't remember what it was called. It literally shot some eight inch groups out of my rifle! Worst ammo I've ever purchased.) Other brands did OK, and PMC's ElDorado with the Barnes X bullets did pretty well. I was intrigued with the new expanding non-lead bullet so I brought them on the hunt. I shot a moose with them.

But none shot really well out of my new rifle. It took me a bit of time at the reloading bench and at the range to finally come up with a sub-MOA load for that rifle, but it happened.

Since then, I have found that if I have to try factory ammo in a rifle, the old Federal Premium line seemed to do the best in my limited experience.

Kwaynem said:

on my lunch break and they shot a little over an inch @100 yards in a 20 mph wind I’ll try them again at lunch on a calmer day

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Shooting on lunch break? Man, some guys have all the luck!

Odds are your hunting day won’t be calm. Nice shooting!