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...
If any one is selling the brass I’d be willing to buy some.
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.
