Breaking down Hornady's ELD Match ammo for 6mm Creedmoor

[Dusty Stevens]

Ive yet to see any factory ammo that couldnt be improved by just tossing somebody elses load at it much less a halfassed workup

 

[Lefty Trigger]

That’s good to know. 7.5 twist barrel?

I am getting great accuracy results at 2880 fps SD 8-9 with my 6 Creed using Peterson SRP brass, Berger 105 bullets, 38.0 gr Hodgdon H4350, and CCI 450 primers. I will keep the RL16 in mind in case I want to dial up the velocity.

X-caliber 8 twist, that's funny because your velocity of 2880 is exactly the same for my 6BR using Norma 203B at 30.4gr and the Berger 105's

 

[Infrequent Shooter]

Experience w Hornady 6 CM match rounds? What factory 'match' round have you guys found to be pretty good? I know it won't hang w high quality handloads. But I am curious if anyone has found ANY accurate 6CM factory rounds? Thanks in advance!!

 

[Mike TackleBerry]

I got my barrel today to build my 6mm Creedmoor and I already have supplies to reload so to get started and save time I bought a box of Hornady's match ammo to open one up. The specs are 108gr ELD match bullets loaded at 2.790 COAL, the powder is a little trickier... they have exactly 40.3 grains of ??? Their data on the box list a muzzle velocity of 2960fps and their closest load data using 40.3 grains of powder is 4831SC. I have some 4831SC and they don't appear to have the same color but the kernel size is right. Anybody know whats in there??

Manufacturers get special blends of powder not available to the general public.

 

[JB10]

Experience w Hornady 6 CM match rounds? What factory 'match' round have you guys found to be pretty good? I know it won't hang w high quality handloads. But I am curious if anyone has found ANY accurate 6CM factory rounds? Thanks in advance!!

Hornady black. I used them in my ruger preditor to break in the barrel before testing hand loads. First shot out of rifle, then adjusted scope. Next 3 shots was in 1 ragged hole.