Anyone tried the 220 ELD-X in the 300 RUM?

[Cleveland48]

Ok folks I picked up a box of these to load in my brothers 300 RUM. I loaded for this gun when my dad owned it years ago then sold it, but I only loaded 165 grain sst's I believe is what they were. Now my brother has it back, and is wanting to play with it. I picked up a box of these and skimming over some data I decided to grab a can of RL 33and some WLRM primers. The rifle is a Rem 700 with the pepper laminate stock. It's a sharp rifle and has always shot good. He told me he believed it had a 1 in 10" twist which I hope it does or I'm sure it won't stabilize these monsters lol. Anyways just wondering if any of you RUM users have tried them, and if they performed well.


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[Sas874runner]

Haven't tried any of the eld-x. But mine loves 200 gr AccuBond and 210 ablr. I'm torn on the eld-x. I feel as though it may be a sales gimmick ( yes they have research that shows other wise) but if this melting tip issue was a problem don't you think that partitions and other lead tipped Spitzer bullets would have the same problem with shooting at range? Do you think nosler put plastic tips on the end of their bullets without testing? I'm not trying to be a downer here. Just not sure what's really true. Lol good luck with those cruise missile style bullets.

 

[Thebear_78]

I would feel better with a bonded bullet with RUM velocities. I've heard mixed results on the ELDX but I have no first hand experience.

I have shot more game with my rum than any other cartridge. The Barnes 168gr TTSX @ 3340fps has been my go to.


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[Cleveland48]

Thanks guys I tried to talk him into the 200 AccuBond, but he was dead set on the Berger 210gr. So I just grabbed the ELD-X. Only bergers the shop had were all the target style. I'm only gonna shoot about 2900 fps because im worried over 3000 fps they might be a little soft. A long shot where we hunt is 300 yards so the big RUM isn't necessary, shots are most likely inside 100 yards for us. But he wanted a long range boomer, so I went ahead and got all his stuff ready. Anyways I enjoy loading this cartridge and looking forward to playing with it again.


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[Thebear_78]

A close shot is even more reason to avoid those Bergers, I've seen them fail at 300 WSM velocities, jellied a whole shoulder but poor penetration on goat


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[SJB358]

200 grain AccuBond and CALL IT a day. Hunting hard and realizing a bullets stinks just makes for a bad day. The RUM and AB were made for one another.

 

[FOTIS]

200 grain AccuBond and CALL IT a day. Hunting hard and realizing a bullets stinks just makes for a bad day. The RUM and AB were made for one another.

Affirmative!

 

[OU812]

200 grain AccuBond and CALL IT a day. Hunting hard and realizing a bullets stinks just makes for a bad day. The RUM and AB were made for one another.

Peanut butter and jelly is a close second to the 300 rum and 200 AccuBond combo.

 

[Cleveland48]

Lol thanks guys. I'll try to sway him to the AccuBond next go around. Or if he ends up not liking the ELD-X.


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[OU812]

Lol thanks guys. I'll try to sway him to the AccuBond next go around. Or if he ends up not liking the ELD-X.


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I think, no real experience here, that the ELD would be fine at LONG distances but for the ranges you mentioned I think your buddy is going to be greatly disappointed in how the bullet works at those ranges. For Bergers, use the 215 target hybrid, .003 thicker jacket than the VLD.

 

[Cleveland48]

Well they did have a box of the 215 target hybrid at the store I went to, but I didn't know they was a decent hunting bullet. I'll let my brother know.


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[OU812]

Well they did have a box of the 215 target hybrid at the store I went to, but I didn't know they was a decent hunting bullet. I'll let my brother know.


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Bob Beck of extreme outer limits tv recommended them to me over the vld. He said they penetrate a little deeper before expanding and often get an exit unlike most vld bullets and they are not very sensitive to seating depths unlike the vld. That being said I still love and use the 200 AccuBond in my 300 rum and shoot it out to 950 yards. An AccuBond will work up close or at long range.

 

[Cleveland48]

Good deal. Thank you folks for all the info!


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[Cleveland48]

I finally got some loads together with the ELDx's. I was measuring 3.120 to the ogive with my comparator. So I loaded some to 3.100 to give me a 0.020" jump to the lands. Well it would not fit in the magazine of the model 700 BDL. I had to go all the way down to 3.020 for it to just barely fit and cycle through the box mag. So I have 0.100" jump now. That seems like a lot. Is this usual for some of the long bullets in these blind box mags?


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[Thebear_78]

Get a Wyatt extended mag box


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[Cleveland48]

Thanks for the info I will look those up.


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[6mm Remington]

Now this isn't the mighty 200 gr. AccuBond out of the 300 RUM, but it should give you an idea what close range performance looks like. These were shot into water jugs at 25 yards.



These were all at 25 yards. Could not get any of them to fail!



30-06 at 400 yards into water jugs. Hit the particle board on the ground at the bottom of the water jug before entering the jugs. That's why it's torn up looking. The 300 WSM was into water jugs at 500 yards.

 

[Cleveland48]

Very impressive I had great luck with the 130 AccuBond in a 260 rem. Tried out the 220 eld x today in the 300 RUM with RL 33. It was pretty terrible, they were scattering all over the paper. Found out the scope was sliding in the rings, brother checked them before we started so I don't really know why. Any advice on a tough set of rings? It currently has 2 piece Leupold 30mm rings and a meopta scope. I do know that 98.5 grains of RL33 and a 220 grain bullet was quite painful lol. I've shot a lot of 375 H&H's and I swear they didn't hurt as bad as that load today haha.


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[SJB358]

A set of Leupold PRWs should hold about any scope in place.

I would imagine the RUM fully loaded with 220's is a monster.

 

[Thebear_78]

If you can lap your ring to insure good contact. Another trick for those hard kickers is to coat the inside of your rings in liquid electrical tape, most will swish out but it will fill any voids and protects your scope from ring marks.

I'm assuming your torquing you ring and base screws to spec.


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