338 berger's????
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sgt.caldwell
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JUST GOT BACK FROM THE "HUNTING SHACK" IN MONTANA .tHEY ARE LOADING BERGERS AND COMING OUT WITH A LINE OF AMMO WITH BERGERS.tHEY HAD NO NEWS ON THE 338 AS OF NOW.THEY WANT THEM ALSO FOR THE 338 LAPUA AMMO THEY ARE LOADING . I GUESS WE JUST HAVE TO WAIT.
Shawn Carlock
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Berger is making a 250 gr 338 and a 300 gr 338, the only real question is availability date. I understand it will be spring this year. I cannot wait, the projected BC's are off the chart.
Here are the projections as given on a different thread of this forum:
All of the Berger .338 bullets are designed to be stable in a 1:10" twist, at any reasonable speed (anything over 2200 fps muzzle velocity).
The BC's are based on the dimensions of the bullets, and a database of information I've compiled that relates measured (tested) BC to bullet geometry. This method results in estimates that are typically within +/- 3% of the measured BC.
BC's are given as average values from 3000 to 1500 fps.
300 grain Tangent (non-VLD) ogive:
estimated G1 BC: 0.749 lb/in^2
estimated G7 BC: 0.384 lb/in^2
300 grain Secant (VLD) ogive:
estimated G1 BC: 0.855 lb/in^2
estimated G7 BC: 0.438 lb/in^2
Take care,
-Bryan
All of the Berger .338 bullets are designed to be stable in a 1:10" twist, at any reasonable speed (anything over 2200 fps muzzle velocity).
The BC's are based on the dimensions of the bullets, and a database of information I've compiled that relates measured (tested) BC to bullet geometry. This method results in estimates that are typically within +/- 3% of the measured BC.
BC's are given as average values from 3000 to 1500 fps.
300 grain Tangent (non-VLD) ogive:
estimated G1 BC: 0.749 lb/in^2
estimated G7 BC: 0.384 lb/in^2
300 grain Secant (VLD) ogive:
estimated G1 BC: 0.855 lb/in^2
estimated G7 BC: 0.438 lb/in^2
Take care,
-Bryan
JLR
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So the million dollar question is still.................WHEN CAN WE SEE THESE THINGS?
jimbo300
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ZSteinle
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Now I want an edge just to shoot .338 bergers!
VSSF
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Me 3.
yama49
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me 4.... just wondering what the bc will b for the 250 grainers.....
fozzy
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I'm with you. Mine is so close I can taste it. I'll be dropping off the main parts to the smith tomorrow after work. I ordered the A-5 and barrel last January.
Sheesh The bergers sound very interesting!
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