30 cal bullet?

[thaught]

building a 30 Nosler and want to throat the chamber for a berger bullet. I hear great things about the 215 gr, but I'm concerned it's not labeled as a hunting bullet. Should I just look at the 210 gr bullet instead?

 

[Rick Richard]

building a 30 Nosler and want to throat the chamber for a berger bullet. I hear great things about the 215 gr, but I'm concerned it's not labeled as a hunting bullet. Should I just look at the 210 gr bullet instead?

Do some searches and you will see many many many animals taken with the 215.

 

[gillettehunter]

Here is the definitive thread on that topic:

Comparing the Berger 210 VLD to the 215 Hybrid

As you all know I am a huge fan of the 210 Berger VLD, and have been for years. The amount of elk and other game we have taken with this bullet is stunning, and have never tracked an animal. Last season my son "Young-Gun" wanted to test the 230 Hybrid OTM in his 300 win and we did. We really...

www.longrangehunting.com

Read it. Answer's all of your questions and backs it up with proven results on game, mostly elk.
I used a .30 Nosler and the 215 to take a bull moose here in WY in 2018 as well as a great mule deer. One and done on both of them. The moose was 100 yds away. He traveled less than 20 yds.
Bruce

 

[AZShooter]

Thanks to Broz for his very thorough reporting on the bullet's performance on big game. 31 cold bore kills are documented. Link starts on page 6 where the animal dispatching begins. Impact velocity distance entrance and exit pics prove how well this Hybrid Target bullet works on game.

Comparing the Berger 210 VLD to the 215 Hybrid

so...if shooting only out to 1000yards...would u say the 215 is better then the 230 out of my 30-378?

www.longrangehunting.com

 

[Farmerbrown32]

The 215 berger is a great hunting bullet. The 208 eldm is also a super hunting bullet.

 

[thaught]

Look like I'll go with the 215s. Next question what reamer should I use for the 30 Nosler?

 

[Westernhuntr]

building a 30 Nosler and want to throat the chamber for a berger bullet. I hear great things about the 215 gr, but I'm concerned it's not labeled as a hunting bullet. Should I just look at the 210 gr bullet instead?

What will you be hunting?
If it's elk then I'd strongly suggest going bonded or mono, the Barnes 210 Bore Rider should be awesome with a .710 BC.
I had really poor results with the 215 on elk last season, people get super touchy about this sort of stuff so if you're interested in my results send me a PM.

 

[Hand Skills]

Here you go;

Comparing the Berger 210 VLD to the 215 Hybrid

As you all know I am a huge fan of the 210 Berger VLD, and have been for years. The amount of elk and other game we have taken with this bullet is stunning, and have never tracked an animal. Last season my son "Young-Gun" wanted to test the 230 Hybrid OTM in his 300 win and we did. We really...

www.longrangehunting.com

 

[Jeffrey Van Zandt]

building a 30 Nosler and want to throat the chamber for a berger bullet. I hear great things about the 215 gr, but I'm concerned it's not labeled as a hunting bullet. Should I just look at the 210 gr bullet instead?

it is all I shot in my 300 win and have taken a lot of large game with it up here in Alaska from deer to moose and grizz non went more then 15 feet all dead and down

 

[bigngreen]

I've watched a number of elk take a 215 from a 30 Nolser running them at 3120 fps, absolutely pile drives them!! Been my favorite bullet for a long time, used to shoot Barnes and accubonds, life got a whole lot better once I started shooting lethal bullets, from 308 to the 30 Nolser is been one and done every time.

 

[Elkeater]

Everybody has an opinion on this topic. I basically use two rifles and two loads for everything at this point (though I'm putting together a .243 win right now). I use an AR in 5.56 with 40gr vmax bullets for small stuff like coyotes and a .300 win mag with 199gr hammer hunters for everything else. I have used 215 bergers before but haven't in about a year. Most of my shots are 300-400 yards not 800-1000.

 

[highdrum]

215 is a great bullet for the 30 nosler. Mine pushes them @ 3060 w/ H1000. My chamber has 200 freebore and a neck diameter that's 0.0025" less than saami. Works well with adg and Bertram brass, as the nosler is thicker necked than other brands. Attached is the reamer specs.

 

[Zeke-BE]

The 215 berger is a great hunting bullet. The 208 eldm is also a super hunting bullet.

This^^^^

 

[cf1105]

As far as the chamber goes, I had Hells Canyon Armory build a 30 Nosler. It has .2150 deeper throat than SAAMI. Great rifle and Mike is great to work with !