Go To Long Range Bullet

Finally doing (re-doing) a build (new barrel/caliber). Looking to see if there is any thing new on the block.
Berger & Sierra were the go to's.
Really interested in giving Cutting Edge and Lehigh a run. Anything new I should keep my eyes on. Thanks.

Bergers and hammers are all the rage...

Berger and Hammer bullets seem to take the cake. But for out to 1000 yards I still get ELD-M's in .3" groups with single digit SD's in my setups with very minimal load dev. Food for thought.

Braunschweiger said:

Berger and Hammer bullets seem to take the cake. But for out to 1000 yards I still get ELD-M's in .3" groups with single digit SD's in my setups with very minimal load dev. Food for thought.

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More specific ,

joseph singleton said:

More specific ,

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What do you wanna know? Lol.

Braunschweiger said:

Berger and Hammer bullets seem to take the cake. But for out to 1000 yards I still get ELD-M's in .3" groups with single digit SD's in my setups with very minimal load dev. Food for thought.

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WOW, .3" groups at 1K yards?

FEENIX said:

WOW, .3" groups at 1K yards?

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I see where you went there, what I meant was .3 MOA. Not an actual .3" group at 1000 yards. Simple, honest mistake. I didn't catch it until you said something.

Braunschweiger said:

Berger and Hammer bullets seem to take the cake. But for out to 1000 yards I still get ELD-M's in .3" groups with single digit SD's in my setups with very minimal load dev. Food for thought.

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After being alerted, I noticed I goofed on my groups posted, what I meant was .3 MOA to distance of 1000 yards.

Braunschweiger said:

I see where you went there, what I meant was .3 MOA. Not an actual .3" group at 1000 yards. Simple, honest mistake. I didn't catch it until you said something.

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That's impressive.

FEENIX said:

That's impressive.

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Don't want folks coming here going "yeah BS." - Never mentioned that I consistently shoot that well either. I was stating that even with more of the budget minded options out there, with the right tools groups like that can be had.

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Hornady has sort of surpassed Berger in my book at least for BCs. They're doing Doppler radar to confirm them and they're considerably cheaper. Also both the ELD-X and ELD-M have been formidable hunting. Something that i can't vouch for any berger bullet i've used. Before berger sold there were statements that they were going to come down in price and they're still 50 cents per pill across the board for most popular weight bullets. Idk 10 years ago i understood the commanded premium they had an edge on the market this day in age everyone is producing consistent projectiles lot to lot and many surpassing them in BCs. I wish JLK was still around i wanted to try them.

Sierra has some redesigned matchkings that look great. I just got 500 of the new 130gr SMKs to replace the 130gr Normas i ran out of. Though they're probably extremely similar and the BC is identical for the 6.5 130gr norma at .584 G1.

I like Bergers and Sierra for LR stuff.

While I LOVE Hammers accuracy, I have personally found their BCs to be a bit inflated. in 6mm, 6.5mm, and 7mm. But they are very accurate, even at distance. Just need to shoot for actual drops and adjust accordingly. Even Steve admitted to them "throwing out the parachute" at distance. They make a wicked vapor trail though!

I just got in a box of Sierra game changers for my 308 hadn't tested them yet