Recent content by BergerFan222

Could go either way. I think learning to read wind with a lower BC bullet can be great practice, and I have used the 55 VMAX to good effect. Great bullet and easy to load for. Lots of .223s and .222s love it. Cost effective also allowing a volume of practice. Does well with thrown (rather...

In a 26" barrel, pushing to 3000 fps shortens brass life. If I ever build another one, it will have a 30" barrel. 3000 fps with longer brass life.

Most guys should start out limiting their range to 100 yards. At some point, experience hunting, confident shot placement, good load development and bullet selection might stretch the distance to 200 yards. But if a bigger rifle is available, I would prefer to bring it if shooting past...

I take care to re-zero a rifle with any change in the ammunition, even one that seems minor. Hornady is listing the same BC at their web site for the two loads, which seems unlikely. When other factors are comparable, usually the boattail bullet has the higher BC and will shoot flatter at...

To expand reliably on game, match bullets usually require a plastic tip (AMAX) or open tip large enough to insert the lead of a mechanical pencil or small drill bit into. The 185 Jugg tip is closed up tight, so I would bet against good terminal performance unless you hit bone or just get lucky.

SMKs rock for accuracy. TMKs looking good also.

Yeah, like a lot of newer products, some people are experiencing the growing pains. We're having success measuring G7 BCs which don't seem to change too much with velocity and are also very close to what the manufacturers are reporting in the case of unmodified bullets. Our approach to...

There are some resources out there describing how to measure BCs with the new LabRadar. Google something like Measuring free flight drag with doppler radar One link is: https://www.shootingsoftware.com/doppler.htm

I stick with Leupold scopes. Less to worry about.

Agreed. Some barrels and some bullets just don't play nice. I just try a different bullet. A good barrel will like one of the first 3 match grade bullets you try, but not always the first one.

The 80 ELD looks pretty good, especially for folks who have struggled with the 90 grain bullets and/or just don't want to buy new brass after 2-3 firings. One can easily launch an 80 grain bullet at 2850ish and get 10 firings out of Lapua brass, and these guys will do OK at 1000 yards. I'm not...

I appreciate all that Berger and AB have done for the shooting community. But the bottom line is that capitalism and competition make things better. Hornady and Sierra have raised their game over the past decade, in large part in response to improvements from Berger and AB. Now that Lapua is...

Cartridge? Barrel length? Brass? COAL?

Relevant links: Using barrel vibrations to tune a barrel https://www.shootingsoftware.com/barrel.htm

Most engineering departments focus on funded projects, and bringing a firearm to Campus is strictly forbidden almost universally. You'd probably need a seven figure grant to get some exemption from that rule, and I still would not bet on it. It would be easier for the project to be done off...