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How similar are Berger VLD hunting vs target, same caliber, same weight
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<blockquote data-quote="The Oregonian" data-source="post: 2270171" data-attributes="member: 51405"><p>For those who may have used both VLD hunting and target of the same caliber and grain, how similar is load recipe, accuracy, etc between the two?</p><p></p><p>I would obviously work up to the same charge weight and back off if I saw pressure, but should the expectations be that the same charge and the same seating depth should produce similar accuracy? I say this because certain bullets may be available in VLD target while the hunting version is hard to find. I'm not super low on hunting bullets, but what i have could last much longer if I can shoot the target version for practice and preserve my hunting bullets for hunts and load verification before the season starts.</p><p></p><p>The BC is slightly different, 0.024 in the 30 cal 185's and .007 in the 6.5's, so that needs to be accounted for, but a slight change in the BC may not change the load recipe.</p><p></p><p>My first thought is that if they were interchangeable then the target version would be just as hard to find as the hunting version. But my next thought was that might be a big assumption to make, and my third was that I'd rather not buy target bullets and waste other components on testing it out.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="The Oregonian, post: 2270171, member: 51405"] For those who may have used both VLD hunting and target of the same caliber and grain, how similar is load recipe, accuracy, etc between the two? I would obviously work up to the same charge weight and back off if I saw pressure, but should the expectations be that the same charge and the same seating depth should produce similar accuracy? I say this because certain bullets may be available in VLD target while the hunting version is hard to find. I’m not super low on hunting bullets, but what i have could last much longer if I can shoot the target version for practice and preserve my hunting bullets for hunts and load verification before the season starts. The BC is slightly different, 0.024 in the 30 cal 185‘s and .007 in the 6.5’s, so that needs to be accounted for, but a slight change in the BC may not change the load recipe. My first thought is that if they were interchangeable then the target version would be just as hard to find as the hunting version. But my next thought was that might be a big assumption to make, and my third was that I’d rather not buy target bullets and waste other components on testing it out. [/QUOTE]
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