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Berger VLD Hunting bullets... For hunting
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<blockquote data-quote="AZShooter" data-source="post: 969826" data-attributes="member: 5219"><p>Seat the bullets so they fit and feed from your magazine. The VLDs might shoot just fine. Okay so you may not get as much powder in the case as you would like, but that might be the only compromise. </p><p></p><p>VLDs will shoot with a jump to the lands but not all rifles will shoot them no matter where they are seated. Should this happen to you there are folks willing to buy your bullets, just post an ad in the classifieds here and they will move soon enough.</p><p></p><p>If your rifle won't shoot the VLDs try the newer hybrid versions as they are not as sensitive to seating depth. I have loaded many hybrids with random seating depths with jumps as much as .200" with excellent accuracy. Don't worry about the target moniker on some of the hybrids they will kill just fine. The 215 is an excellent bullet and has been the subject of many kills shown here. </p><p></p><p>Close to a year ago a friend asked me to make him a LR load for his 300 WSM A-bolt. I had some 230 match target hybrids I was loading for my 300 RUM and decided to give them a try. Used RL-17 something you might consider if you want more velocity from your 308. I seated those long 230 gr bullets to fit and feed from a 2.8" mag box. Got excellent accuracy with no seating depth tweaking. Velocity from the 22" barrel was 2730 fps. He shot his elk at 300 yds with a double lung shot and it stutter stepped for 10 ft then fell over dead. </p><p></p><p>Here is a picture of the 230 gr seated deeply in that 300 WSM case:</p><p></p><p><a href="http://s206.photobucket.com/user/RossLeggett/media/DSCF0004_zps214b30c3.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb4/RossLeggett/DSCF0004_zps214b30c3.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AZShooter, post: 969826, member: 5219"] Seat the bullets so they fit and feed from your magazine. The VLDs might shoot just fine. Okay so you may not get as much powder in the case as you would like, but that might be the only compromise. VLDs will shoot with a jump to the lands but not all rifles will shoot them no matter where they are seated. Should this happen to you there are folks willing to buy your bullets, just post an ad in the classifieds here and they will move soon enough. If your rifle won't shoot the VLDs try the newer hybrid versions as they are not as sensitive to seating depth. I have loaded many hybrids with random seating depths with jumps as much as .200" with excellent accuracy. Don't worry about the target moniker on some of the hybrids they will kill just fine. The 215 is an excellent bullet and has been the subject of many kills shown here. Close to a year ago a friend asked me to make him a LR load for his 300 WSM A-bolt. I had some 230 match target hybrids I was loading for my 300 RUM and decided to give them a try. Used RL-17 something you might consider if you want more velocity from your 308. I seated those long 230 gr bullets to fit and feed from a 2.8" mag box. Got excellent accuracy with no seating depth tweaking. Velocity from the 22" barrel was 2730 fps. He shot his elk at 300 yds with a double lung shot and it stutter stepped for 10 ft then fell over dead. Here is a picture of the 230 gr seated deeply in that 300 WSM case: [URL=http://s206.photobucket.com/user/RossLeggett/media/DSCF0004_zps214b30c3.jpg.html][IMG]http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb4/RossLeggett/DSCF0004_zps214b30c3.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [/QUOTE]
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