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Question about the new 6 mm Berger Hybrid

VaRandy

Sergeant
Full Member
Minuteman
I shoot 6.5 hybrids now and love them, I bought some 6mm Hybrids but have not loaded any yet, I notice Berger says a 1 in 7 twist is ideal but I have a 1 in 8 twist. On the other hand I am pushing them at 3300. Shouldn't my rpm range be quite adequate to increase the spin rate.

Also are any of them blowing up at higher speeds? Any information helpful.
 
8 twist is fine. Berger decided to round down in their twist recommendations so in certain conditions (low velocity, sea level, cold weather) a 7.7 twist might be the "ideal". Most guys are running 8.
 
Yup, Berger figures if your at sea level you need say a 7.8 (or whatever twist) so they round down to the next whole number 1:7 (sorta dumb)
If you run your perimeters in bergers stability calculator at 3000ft alt 3000fps I think it says 1:8 is ideal. Load um up!