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Lee Q. Loader

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would please share 6.5 Grendel data for 120gr ELDM and 95gr Vmax?

I'm getting some pretty high velocities with the 120 ELDM over 27.0 grains of IMR 8208XBR, 2510 FPS. I expected about 100 FPS lower.

This is with my brand new Palmetto state 20" upper.
 
Thank you so much!!
Dang, no data for IMR 8208XBR
I'll use that data and try with BenchMark and H335.
I lucked into some IMR 8208 recently. Many on this board say 8208 and the Grendel are a great match.
I got great accuracy with the load I posted above but worry it's too hot with that velocity.
Thanks again Horskinator!!
 
Hodgdon has that powder listed for a 120 grain bullet but it's a Barnes bullet not Hornady.

They do list data for the Hornady 95 grain Vmax with that powder.
 
Speer #9 and Lyman #50 both have 8208 loads, just not those particular bullets. (I don't have it in front of me, but I think the most recent Nosler manual does as well.)
 
Thanks for all the replies.
I used Nosler and Hodgdon data. That's how I concluded that 27.0 grains of 8208XBR would be a safe load with the 120 ELDM.
Nosler shows 27.5 max for their 120gr bullets and Hodgdon shows 28.0gr max for a barnes TSX. Their max loads show velocity of 2478 and 2419 respectively, using a 24" barrel
I'm getting 2510 with 27.0 and a 20" barrel.

Seems strange, but my only conclusion is that my load is too hot.
As I mentioned above I'm going to use the hornady data provided for the exact bullet and since there's no 8208 XBR data, I'll try Benchmark.
 
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