25-06 115gr berger question

joshua99ta · #1 11-20-2011, 04:47 PM

I loaded up some 115 grn bergers w/ 51 grs of IMR 4350 with either CCI BR2 or 200 primers(dont have the info handy, im at work), and put em right off the lands, in my 700 sps w/ nothing but a floated barrel and lightened the trigger up a little.

I dialed it in @ 100 yards dead on. But the thing I found @ 100yrds was that this load shoots about 3.5-4" high and about 4" right @ 100 yards over federal factory ammo w/ 110 gr accubonds.

does this sound right that these bullets are doing this over the factory ammo?

I also took it out and shot it out to 550 yards and ended up dialing up 6 or 6.5 moa and 2 moa left to get it on target. even then it was still about 1 moa low and right and I ended up running out of rounds to finish dialing it back in and had to go get more bullets and stuff so needless to say I'm back offshore and havent had a chance to shoot again.

I also picked up some hornady 117 sst's and 110gr accubonds and some h4831 and imr 4831 powder also. Gunna try to give some of these rounds a shot Thursday evening and shoot em up Friday.

RT2506 · #2 11-20-2011, 05:20 PM

It is an oddity that two different loads with even the same bullet weight will shoot exactly to the same point of aim. Even changing just the primer brand can move your point of impact with a load. You need to find your most accurate load and then dial the scope to it. Berger bullets will shoot very accurately but you need to find the sweet spot as to seating depth. They shoot great jammed but if you are hunting with the rifle you DON"T WANT JAMMED BULLETS. Bergers shoot just as accurate waaaaaaaaaay off the lands also. Go to the top of the page in either this thread or the bullets and barrels thread and read how to seat Berger bullets. I have killed more deer with the 25-06 than hoof and mouth disease and the plain Jain Sierra 117 gr Pro Hunter is my go to bullet. Accurate, cheap and kills them dead in their tracks most of the time.

joshua99ta · #3 11-20-2011, 05:35 PM

I did find that the 51grn loads shot better than the lower power loads, didnt go over 51 yet.

I'll try some different lengths and see what happens.

It shoots about 1moa w/ the load I have been shooting out of it, which I was just thinking thats about all its gunna do being a pretty much factory stock thats just junk IMO, I can bed but I dont like the feel of it from the get go so ima swap it out soon, just gotta figure out what I wanna put on it. I'll eventually put a new barrel and have the action worked too. BUT I dont wanna do that just yet.

no matter WHAT these bergers do shoot a helluva lot better than the nosler e-tips that I originally picked up for this rifle.

johnnyk · #4 11-20-2011, 07:35 PM

Sorry Joshua, I'm not getting a clear picture here. Did you sight in @ 100yds with Federal factory (110gn AccuBond)?, and then tried the Bergers and they were 3.5-4" high and 4" right? JohnnyK.

joshua99ta · #5 11-20-2011, 08:38 PM

that is correct johnnyK

im kind of new to this stuff.

I had gotten into it over a year ago and just kind of strayed away for a while... but im back in the grease now

Korhil78 · #6 11-20-2011, 08:58 PM

Might be a totally different powder in the factory ammo. I am using 54 gr of H4831SC and getting .5 MOA out to 500 yds. I have mine loaded right at the lands. The H4831 that you picked up will be the same as H4831SC so you can load it the same. Don't start at the 54 gr that I am using though. Start lower and work your way up to see what your fun likes. You will find that those 115 gr bergers work well with that powder. Mine did.

If u had to come up at distance, it's probably because ur factory rounds had a higher velocity than ur reloads.