200gr. berger hybrid 3006

[gohring3006]

I thinking of running some 200 -208 grn. Berger hybrids in my 06. I was wondering if my standard rcbs dies will seat them or do I need a different setup if so what should I get? Also I was wondering what powder is working for those hybrids my magazine only allows me to load to 3.34in oal.

 

[kcebcj]

Take your die apart and check and see if the Berger bullets nose bottoms out in the seater stem cup. If it does RCBS will build you a custom seating stem to fit the bullet. I'm getting a couple made for the 215gr Berger to use in my RCBS dies. Send them a email and they should bring you up to speed.

RL 17 works very well with the 190gr Berger at 3.345 in the 06.

 

[Trnelson]

You should be fine with "standard" dies. As far as powder goes you may enjoy H4831SC, YMMV. Something around that burn rate would also be a good choice. Personally, I have found H4831sc to be what my rifle prefers for the 230g Berger OTM. I can get it to 2515fps, but found the top accuracy node to be right around 2,450fps using 56.5g of H4831SC. Again, YMMV.

 

[gohring3006]

Take your die apart and check and see if the Berger bullets nose bottoms out in the seater stem cup. If it does RCBS will build you a custom seating stem to fit the bullet. I'm getting a couple made for the 215gr Berger to use in my RCBS dies. Send them a email and they should bring you up to speed.

thanks for the reply now I'm wondering about the custom seating stem cause I was thinking about the 215s also so I hope if I have one made for the 200s that it will also work for the 215s