Does anyone have any experience with the Berger 300wm 215gr ammo in a factory rifle? I'm looking to pick up a .30 cal and would rather not reload. Was curious if anyone had any range experience with this stuff? Good, bad the ugly?
Range Report Berger 300wm ammo?
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I bought a 100 rounds of it. So far it has been excellent out of my 300 wm. It is not a factory rifle but accuracy has been great and velocity has been consistent. My rifle with a 26 inch barrel is running 2890 FPS. Groups have been .5-.75 out to 500 yards. Farthest I have shot it so far. The overall length is 3.600 and still fits in a bdl style mag. Also if you are not going to reload, you can sell the Norma brass as once fired.
There is a LONG thread on one of the long range hunting forums with Broz, and many one shot kills with the 215 Hybrid on big game at distance with proper shot placement.. I have some for handloading, but still using the 210 VLD's I started with. Here is a link to one of the threads... handloads but using the 215
BERGER 215 Hybrid
Visiting with Berger I asked the question why people are confident in using this target bullet for hunting purposes. Their response was that they don't recommend it cause the target jacket is a little thicker and expansion can be compromised. However there are many hunters using the hybrid with...
300 win mag, 215 Berger and h1000 is a hell of a match. As soon as I burn up my ammo I will try and duplicate the load.
I have pulled one of the bullets to see what powder they were using. I expected h1000 but it is a ball powder that looks a lot like Ramshot mag.
I have pulled one of the bullets to see what powder they were using. I expected h1000 but it is a ball powder that looks a lot like Ramshot mag.
I've had similar results to Mooseknuckles shooting the factory 215gr Hybrid OTM's out of my AXMC 26" barrel. I can shoot steel out to 1400 yards at my local range and they have worked out well.
Vihtavuori powder is under Berger/Lapua ownership. I would assume it’s one of there own powders
Ahhh I did not know that. Does Vihtavuori have a ball powder that is rated for magnums? I have never used there powder. When I pulled down the one cartridge I got 77.8 grains.
I’m not sure. I haven’t messed with any of their powders either. Haven’t found a reason to move away from the tried and true Hodgdon
Nammo AS owns Berger, Vihtavuori, Lapua, and SK. Distributed in the US by Capstone.
Anyone running these in a factory 700? Tried them in my second hand Sendero II, and while they performed extremely well and even fed from the BDL, intermittently I would have trouble extracting the spent brass. Bolt lift was not heavy but required extra force to pull the bolt rearward on maybe 5 of the 20 rounds. On one occasion the brass stayed in the chamber but I was able to re engage the bolt to remove the case. Did not have this condition while using cheap PPU ammunition to get on paper/rough zero. Any insight would be appreciated.
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