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Best BC .277 140 gn Berger Hunting VLD or .277 Hornady SST
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<blockquote data-quote="Greyfox" data-source="post: 654840" data-attributes="member: 10291"><p>If you just take the published data on both bullets your friend is correct. Published value for the Hornady BC is .495. The published BC for the Berger is .487. What is not known is the velocity that Hornady uses to state their BC. The Berger uses an average. But, even if you take the highest value for the Berger, it is .503 at 3000 FPS. It's not that big a difference anyway. They are essentially identical. What the Hornady appears to lack over the Berger in shape, it probably makes it up in the plastic tip. I have used and shot game with both in my 270 WSM. I can't see much of a difference out to around 500 yards with either except the Hornady is a little more accurate in my rifle. I haven't tried the 165 Matrix because my twist is a too slow for the altitudes I hunt. My favorite bullet in this rifle is the 150gr. SST. The BC of .525 gives me solid performance out to 700 yards or so and is very accurate in my rifle. For the last few years I have used a 6.5x284 with 140gr Berger VLD's. This rifle is a solid 1000 yard performer on deer sized game that delivers 1000 ft/# at this range.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Greyfox, post: 654840, member: 10291"] If you just take the published data on both bullets your friend is correct. Published value for the Hornady BC is .495. The published BC for the Berger is .487. What is not known is the velocity that Hornady uses to state their BC. The Berger uses an average. But, even if you take the highest value for the Berger, it is .503 at 3000 FPS. It's not that big a difference anyway. They are essentially identical. What the Hornady appears to lack over the Berger in shape, it probably makes it up in the plastic tip. I have used and shot game with both in my 270 WSM. I can't see much of a difference out to around 500 yards with either except the Hornady is a little more accurate in my rifle. I haven't tried the 165 Matrix because my twist is a too slow for the altitudes I hunt. My favorite bullet in this rifle is the 150gr. SST. The BC of .525 gives me solid performance out to 700 yards or so and is very accurate in my rifle. For the last few years I have used a 6.5x284 with 140gr Berger VLD's. This rifle is a solid 1000 yard performer on deer sized game that delivers 1000 ft/# at this range. [/QUOTE]
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