Range Report 105g Hybrids and APA 243

[B.Bates]

As soon as i saw the new 105g Berger's Announced I knew i needed a new barrel so i could shoot them.

ends up my buddy Joe not only had an extra barrel but also 1200 extra bullets. well that was a no-brainer on my part decision made. He was even nice enough to drive up to Georgia to drop off all the parts with Jered at APA

Flash forward a few months and I get my gun back

I recieved it on Feb 11th right before i went out of town for a few days. I was finally able to shoot the gun this past wednesday.

I loaded up some ammo in .5g increments from 40 to 42g of H-4350 with Lapua brass and the 105g hybrids jumping them .15 thousands

I zeroed the gun and fired the rounds

i was pretty happy with the results

i went back on friday and shot some more this time over the chrono.

ended up settling on the above, decided to take the gun out Saturday morning to properly break it in.

now that she is bloodied and ready its time to take it over to K&M this weekend.


Jered thanks again for making load development so easy, by far the easiest and quickest i have done, you took the fun out of it in fact

 

[steve123]

Re: 105g Hybrids and APA 243

The new BH 105's and your new barrel shot well!

 

[Jered Joplin]

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I like this new break in method you've got going on here. I'm going to have to try it out.

 

[9H_Cracka]

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You musta got a buck barrel.

 

[dzlfarmboy]

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I cant wait til mines done gonna be running the same setup, what charge weight did you settle on and how fast were you pushing them?

Brett

 

[B.Bates]

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Brett

I settled on 42g, I am going to tweak seating depth a hair and see if anything changes at 300yd

I am at 3090fps

 

[dzlfarmboy]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: shootone</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Brett

I settled on 42g, I am going to tweak seating depth a hair and see if anything changes at 300yd

I am at 3090fps </div></div>

Nice, how longs your barrel?

 

[B.Bates]

Re: 105g Hybrids and APA 243

26

 

[JCH]

Re: 105g Hybrids and APA 243

no rifle pics?

 

[Jered Joplin]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: shootone</div><div class="ubbcode-body">

Jered thanks again for making load development so easy, by far the easiest and quickest i have done, you took the fun out of it in fact
</div></div>

I'll file on your crown a little more with a bastard file next time just to make your life a little more interesting

 

[5RWill]

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Whats the BC on the 105 hybrids? They don't seem to be listed on berger's site.

 

[B.Bates]

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.278 g7

They fly great at 1000 too

Jered you save that file for your guns I need all the help I can get

Let me know if you need some help properly breaking in the new woody

 

[5RWill]

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Thats extremely impressive near the same BC as the 115gr VLD. More updates man keep em coming. These hybrids are quite intriguing. I have .30 cal 168gr ready to go whenever i can get around to them.

 

[jwp6114]

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I would like the opinion of Berger shooters of the A-max... I will be shooting .243AI

 

[Patrick Morris]

Re: 105g Hybrids and APA 243

The amax shoots well. Lower BC and longer bearing surface. But it's a good killing bullet none the less.

 

[B.Bates]

Re: 105g Hybrids and APA 243

amax are great bullets

Probably the best bang for the buck bullet out there

 

[5RWill]

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Hornady tends to have some great price/performance bullets. If i wasn't so obsessed with the edge of BC Berger has over most i'd be shooting hornady

 

[Rob01]

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The new 105 BTHP has a better BC than the 105 AMAX. It's at .530.

 

[blksno]

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I snagged 500 of the the 105 Amax and 200 of the 105 BTHP Match Blems from Midway at a SCREAMING deal.

By the time they are all gone, it will be time to rebarrel and by then, my technique should be moving along quite nicely.

Still have about 300 of the 105 VLD's but nothing I've got will shoot them very well

 

[5RWill]

Re: 105g Hybrids and APA 243

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: c_bass16</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I snagged 500 of the the 105 Amax and 200 of the 105 BTHP Match Blems from Midway at a SCREAMING deal.

By the time they are all gone, it will be time to rebarrel and by then, my technique should be moving along quite nicely.

Still have about 300 of the 105 VLD's but nothing I've got will shoot them very well</div></div>

In my .243 youth model we had some luck i guess. I know the VLD's are known to finicky to seating depth and distance to the lands etc. But 40gr of IMR 4350 and the 105gr hunting VLDs @ 2.792 shot surprisingly well, just over 1/2 MOA.

 

[Ron Long]

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What is the rate of twist?? I have a 1/9 coming. I am currently shooting 1/10 6MM with 105's. It is a LA Rem with 06/6MM.

 

[5RWill]

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I wanna say it's 1/10 but i'm honestly not sure. My friend swears it's 1/10. Dad got it for me in the 90s when i was around 6 or 7 so some odd 14 or 15 years ago. It's always shot 100gr bullets well though.

 

[dzlfarmboy]

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Having very good luck with this 105 Hybrid and 42gr of H4350 in my .243 out 830yds