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156gr Berger EOL Elite Hunter Reviews
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<blockquote data-quote="yorke-1" data-source="post: 2016418" data-attributes="member: 11960"><p>I'd probably go with a bullet in the 140 range from the Creedmoor. It's not the 156 Berger, but I shot the 160 Matrix out of a 30" barreled 6.5x47 Lapua at 2720 fps for a while and that's probably pretty close to what you'd get from a 156 Berger in the 6.5 Creed in a 26" barrel or so. </p><p></p><p>The load shot very well and was an excellent target load, but the retained velocity past around 500 yards was getting down to a level that made me question how well they'd expand. Lots of the VLDs perform best when there's enough velocity to make them really open up, but not so much that they detonate. I did some unscientific expansion tests that confirmed that they (the 160 Matrix) would expand at 600 yards with the modest muzzle velocity, but not as violently as I would want from that style of bullet. The 160 Matrix is a little different than the 156 Berger but they're similar enough that I think the comparison is worth making.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="yorke-1, post: 2016418, member: 11960"] I’d probably go with a bullet in the 140 range from the Creedmoor. It’s not the 156 Berger, but I shot the 160 Matrix out of a 30” barreled 6.5x47 Lapua at 2720 fps for a while and that’s probably pretty close to what you’d get from a 156 Berger in the 6.5 Creed in a 26” barrel or so. The load shot very well and was an excellent target load, but the retained velocity past around 500 yards was getting down to a level that made me question how well they’d expand. Lots of the VLDs perform best when there’s enough velocity to make them really open up, but not so much that they detonate. I did some unscientific expansion tests that confirmed that they (the 160 Matrix) would expand at 600 yards with the modest muzzle velocity, but not as violently as I would want from that style of bullet. The 160 Matrix is a little different than the 156 Berger but they’re similar enough that I think the comparison is worth making. [/QUOTE]
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