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Looking for Berger 6.5 140gr VLD hunting bullets

Re: Looking for Berger 6.5 140gr VLD hunting bullets

I emailed Berger and asked when they would be hitting the shelves again and they didn't give me a definitive answer. They told me that they were trying to get caught up and to get on a back order list with someone. If you find some let me know and I will do the same here. Got a match in 2 weeks and no bullets.

David
 
Re: Looking for Berger 6.5 140gr VLD hunting bullets

dmg, I see the target bullets here:
http://www.freedomgunworks.com/bullets-and-brass/bullets/berger/cat_51.html

I couldn't get 130 hunting bullets right before a match earlier in the year, and substituted 130 target bullets. I couldn't tell a difference on paper out past 1K. I called Berger first, and they said they should shoot the same and might work fine on game, but "they weren't recommending them yet because they didn't have any data."
 
Re: Looking for Berger 6.5 140gr VLD hunting bullets

Red have you ever done business with them? I have swapped before and I haven't noticed any difference either. I hunt with this rifle also and I'm always scared of loading the wrong bullet though.
 
Re: Looking for Berger 6.5 140gr VLD hunting bullets

I know him, he's good to go, tell him I sent you. Give him a call, he might be able to get some of the hunting bullets.

Until I shoot up the rest of these target bullets, I'm keeping my hunting rounds in a different color box than the target rounds, it makes it easy to keep up with.