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115g VLD Berger for deer?
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<blockquote data-quote="Donham" data-source="post: 35307" data-attributes="member: 1068"><p>I have yet to see a factory 25-06 come into the shop that would average at or less then 1/2 moa with the 115 gr Ballistic Tip or 115 gr Berger.</p><p> Quote: by Fiftydriver</p><p>____________________________________________</p><p></p><p> I am not bragging on my gun, as it's very picky, and the barrel warps with heat/shots..</p><p></p><p> But I can get under 1/2 MOA from my 25-06 Ruger with the 115 VLD Bergers...</p><p> I live in Indiana, and invite you to come watch...or anyone else.</p><p></p><p> Like I said in the post above, the catch is I have to let the barrel cool down 5 or more minutes between shots... That is why I do mostly 3 shot groups..</p><p></p><p> My gun is stock factory except I glass beded it when I got it, and I added 3 lbs of (hot) lead to stock/forearm to help recoil and guns also shoots better..</p><p> I have also use polish compound paste through the barrel to smoth grove flaws out..</p><p></p><p> The gun is a varmit semi heavy barrle, but nothing special.... as a matter of fact it doesn't shoot worth a crap with much of anything.... I used to get good groups with 75's and 85's, but they seem to lack now... throat is probably eroded after over 2000 rnds of full power loads...</p><p> Yet, it likes the Big 0.522 BC 115 VLD Bergers.... with the load I use, it may just be fast enough to stablize them...</p><p></p><p> I do not totally dissagree with you, If I was to order a 25-06 barrel to shoot the 115 VLD's I opt to get a 1:9 or 1:8, to be on the safe side...</p><p></p><p> I only use my gun for coyotes, fox, crows or other varmits, it's not a big game gun... I really do not care for the big bullets much, I'd rather have a 25-06 that can shoot 85 BT at 3600-3700 fps accuratly...</p><p> </p><p> I only loaded up the Bergers, as I planed to try ultra long range coyote shooting, and the down range velocity for the bergers was superior to any other bullets, say 600-1000 yards..</p><p> at 1000 yards, most light skined varmit bullets are not going to be going fast enough to expand, so all the velocity you can save for shocking effect is a must... and the 115 Very Low Drag Bergers deliver 357 magnum muzzle power at that range, not bad..</p><p></p><p> I think Lost River makes a .257 cal 90 grn bullet with a BC of .490, but they are expensive, 1 $Buck$ a bullet or more.. yikes!</p><p></p><p>scott</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Donham, post: 35307, member: 1068"] I have yet to see a factory 25-06 come into the shop that would average at or less then 1/2 moa with the 115 gr Ballistic Tip or 115 gr Berger. Quote: by Fiftydriver ____________________________________________ I am not bragging on my gun, as it's very picky, and the barrel warps with heat/shots.. But I can get under 1/2 MOA from my 25-06 Ruger with the 115 VLD Bergers... I live in Indiana, and invite you to come watch...or anyone else. Like I said in the post above, the catch is I have to let the barrel cool down 5 or more minutes between shots... That is why I do mostly 3 shot groups.. My gun is stock factory except I glass beded it when I got it, and I added 3 lbs of (hot) lead to stock/forearm to help recoil and guns also shoots better.. I have also use polish compound paste through the barrel to smoth grove flaws out.. The gun is a varmit semi heavy barrle, but nothing special.... as a matter of fact it doesn't shoot worth a crap with much of anything.... I used to get good groups with 75's and 85's, but they seem to lack now... throat is probably eroded after over 2000 rnds of full power loads... Yet, it likes the Big 0.522 BC 115 VLD Bergers.... with the load I use, it may just be fast enough to stablize them... I do not totally dissagree with you, If I was to order a 25-06 barrel to shoot the 115 VLD's I opt to get a 1:9 or 1:8, to be on the safe side... I only use my gun for coyotes, fox, crows or other varmits, it's not a big game gun... I really do not care for the big bullets much, I'd rather have a 25-06 that can shoot 85 BT at 3600-3700 fps accuratly... I only loaded up the Bergers, as I planed to try ultra long range coyote shooting, and the down range velocity for the bergers was superior to any other bullets, say 600-1000 yards.. at 1000 yards, most light skined varmit bullets are not going to be going fast enough to expand, so all the velocity you can save for shocking effect is a must... and the 115 Very Low Drag Bergers deliver 357 magnum muzzle power at that range, not bad.. I think Lost River makes a .257 cal 90 grn bullet with a BC of .490, but they are expensive, 1 $Buck$ a bullet or more.. yikes! scott [/QUOTE]
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