08-06-2023, 08:52 PM
I ordered a couple boxes of this 87 Berger hunting VLD bullet. Going to try them in my 20" AR barrel... I've never found "the ONE" for this barrel, although the 90 sierra tgk was (is) close. But trouble is, Sierra isn't making many more of them, they've been OOS along with the 100 tgk for nigh onto a year. I don't like placing my bets on a pill that you can't be sure will be around when you need to reorder.
So. These bergers have a lot of good reviews, mostly in .243's but some 6 Remmies, and I found them on ammoseek not too $$$.
As an approximation I loaded some 88 berger's, the flat base, since they are vld and I can load them out to 2.260, under 87 Vmax data for Lvr, 30.3-31.2. Pretty close except the 88's can load longer.
Boy was the range hot today, 98-102!! But I got some chrony data for them, about the MV range I was expecting, 2800-2888. So when these 87's arrive I'm going to do some loads for them. BC is .427 and the speed is up fast enough that I can feel ok using them as a deer round out east here.
So. These bergers have a lot of good reviews, mostly in .243's but some 6 Remmies, and I found them on ammoseek not too $$$.
As an approximation I loaded some 88 berger's, the flat base, since they are vld and I can load them out to 2.260, under 87 Vmax data for Lvr, 30.3-31.2. Pretty close except the 88's can load longer.
Boy was the range hot today, 98-102!! But I got some chrony data for them, about the MV range I was expecting, 2800-2888. So when these 87's arrive I'm going to do some loads for them. BC is .427 and the speed is up fast enough that I can feel ok using them as a deer round out east here.