Optimun lead for ELD-M 208

[FilippoMo]

What is considered the optimum lead for ELD-M 208 considering a .290 neck lenght?
sincerely
Filippo

 

[Down South]

I have a older 8.5 twist barrel that I ran 215 hybrids in for FTR. The chamber was cut with a reamer that has .270 freebore. I shoot the 208 ELD-Ms in that barrel now and have about 2400 rounds on it so the throat has moved out a bit and is longer than .270 With the 208 jumping .030 it only has about 1/4 to 1/3 of the bullet shank being held in the neck. It's seated really long. I wouldn't go any longer than .270 with freebore length.

 

[Zero333]

Going of off memory here....

Had a barrel with 0.170"ish freebore and with the 208amax/eldm COAL ended up around 2.950"ish. Magazine allowed up to 2.990" so 2.950" was perfect for that application. The boattail bearing surface junction was just above the neck shoulder junction.

 

[Pinkes]

Is the 208ELDM any good for ftr?Consistent to 1000y?

 

[Down South]

Is the 208ELDM any good for ftr?Consistent to 1000y?

I've got a barrel that shoots them pretty fair at 1000 yards. I've never had a really calm day to see if the load is good enough to clean a target at 1000 yards but I did get one string in a match that was readable and shot 197-10X at 1000. I've cleaned a few targets at 600 with the load. Barrel has a lot of hard miles on it, I'm tempted to chamber a new barrel just for this bullet. I started testing these with this barrel after it had been run hard with 215s for a while.

31 inch barrel running 2630-2640 ish with Varget, throated very long (see my post above).

 

[Dgd6mm]

Jade, I'm not shooting them, (yet)..But from what I've seen on load development, practice, and for score at 600 and 1000 I like. Over the summer on our down time if things work out I'll have a barrel for them.