After some load data for a tikka 7mm rem mag.

Looking to use the 162 eld-x projectiles if the rifle likes them.
Given its a common caliber and rifle was Hoping to get some loads to start with and go from there, don’t plan on getting to involved with it all just yet..

Cheers

Yep Stug is onto it .. I run 73 g 2225, 20 thou jump, magnum primers, 162 Amax  I also had I nice accurate load at 70.1 grains , but went with the extra speed even though I’ve got fairly well flattened primers.

If you seat to fit in a Tikka mag the jump will prob be bigger than 20 thou, but don't worry about it.
I would start at 68gr 2217 and work up in 1gr . I just load one at each weight and fire over a chrono to get an idea of pressure and velocity.
Once I have the velocity i want (with safe pressure) I load 3 at that weight and fire a group. If the accuracy and velocity is there and still no pressure, then I load up a heap, shoot a few targets out to whatever range I can find and then go hunting.
If the accuracy is there then I will look .5g to 1g either side and load 3 at each weight and shoot groups.

I just got my Tikka rem mag shooting well finally with the 162 ELD-X.
63.5gr IMR 4831 and 20thou jump for 2940fps.

My rifle really did not like 2217 no matter what I did. 2225 was going to be my next try but it’s all out of stock here so I played with the IMR and it likes it.

Bushlaw wrote on Nov 8^th, 2018 at 6:17am:


ADI website says max at 70.0gr with 162 projectile and 2217. I worked up to 72gr and didn’t see any obvious pressure signs but speeds were up there so didn’t dare go any further.

J wrote on Nov 8^th, 2018 at 7:15pm:


I’ll be very very interested in your results J .... please post

So I still have a stash of the 162gn amax's and load them to the magazine length with 65 grns of IMR7828.
One hole groups at 100 meters.
Only problem is it turns deer inside out.

No need to crimp. Bushing dies give best neck tension consistency, but lightly polished expanders balls work too.

You will get differing advice on neck or FL sizing. I neck size and bump the shoulder slightly with a bump die every firing, but FL sizing to just bump the shoulder every few firings when closing the bolt becomes difficult is fine.

Best not to over work the brass by pushing the shoulder too far back. Brass won’t last as long that way and you could encourage head separation.

When bumping the shoulder you want to just move it enough so that you feel slight resistance just as the bolt closes. Using your chamber to measure this is an easy way to do it. Screw you die down so the bottom of the die just touches the case holder then screw out back out a quarter of a turn and creep up on the best fit a bit at a time. Best to remove the firing pin when doing this.

There will be lots of other recommended ways to do this, but I think most will agree that overworking brass is not a good idea.

Cheers