Berger 115gr VLD Bullet

[Old Bob]

The heaviest 6mm bullet suitable for hunting I've been able to find is the Berger 115gr VLD hunting bullet. Has anyone reloaded this bullet yet? What are your thoughts on this bullet whether you've reloaded for it or not?

[Trashy]

what are you intending to hunt that needs the heaviest bullets you can find? I don’t shoot Berger’s they a little to pricy for me but I hear they are the bees knees of bullets. I think Nosler makes both a 100 and 90 grain partition in 6mm and Barnes has some very nice offerings. I try to balance between “heavy and slow” and “light and fast” I’ll trade a little weight for velocity, kinda middle of the road so to speak. Hope this helps in some way.

[JASmith]

Don’t forget there are some excellent lead free huntingbullets on the market.

They tend to be lighter weight with less agressive BC’s. Nonetheless, they will probably be a tad flatter shooting out to a few hundred yards.

[grayfox]

Normally one picks the "heavy for caliber" bullets as a cup/core mostly for deep penetration, then to expand/mushroom. My understanding of the Bergers is they mostly penetrate some/then fragment, so this would make me wonder why pick that particular bullet...
For penetration and punch I'd think of the 100 gr Partition, or maybe the 103 Eldx (I've used this one, on deer, complete pass thru and DRT).
Barnes has a 95 gr Lrx too. You should be able to get that one up to the 2800's which ought to cover ~300 yds or so depending on the target.

[StoneHendge]

I'm guessing that it would be real tough to get it working in 6 ARC given how long it is and VLDs reputation for sensitivity to jump.

[Old Bob]

It's just curiosity mostly. I was wondering about the bullet's length & compatibility with AR actions. I figure most anything I want to shoot with the 6mmARC will be DRT with properly placed 90 to 103gr bullets. I know of a prairie dog village where some of those light Hornady V-MAX pellets would be ideal. I think reloading for the 6mm ARC is gonna be fun. Thanks for everyone's replies.

[grayfox]

My modified case just shipped. So I should be able to do do OAL measurements for my bullets soon.

[StoneHendge]

It's just curiosity mostly. I was wondering about the bullet's length & compatibility with AR actions.  I figure most anything I want to shoot with the 6mmARC will be DRT with properly placed 90 to 103gr bullets. I know of a prairie dog village where some of those light Hornady V-MAX pellets would be ideal. I think reloading for the 6mm ARC is gonna be fun. Thanks for everyone's replies.

I'm was working on a ladder with 70 grain NBTVs with XBR when my range session got cut short last week. I had them up to 3016 at 29.2 grains with a full grain to go out of my 18" 243 LBC and groups were tightening and SDs were falling.  I probably have 100fps to go but don't think the sweet spot will be that high. In comparison, I have them doing 2990 out of my 24" 6x45 with Benchmark. I'd be trying benchmark instead of XBR but I'm out of it. FWIW, Shooters Pro Shop always seems to have plenty of the 55 gr NBTVs in stock along with Varmageddons which are completely interchangeable for a given load with the NBTVs.