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Berger 6.5mm 156 gr. bullets. . .where are they???
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<blockquote data-quote="lancetkenyon" data-source="post: 1667346" data-attributes="member: 68875"><p>I will be testing them in a pair of 6.5SS (1:8" & 1:7.5").</p><p>I am sure I will be trying them in some of my buddies' rifles too. Probably 6.5SAUM and 26 Nosler.</p><p></p><p>After I saw the release, and ordered some, I got to thinking.</p><p>I think the ballisticians and marketing guys at Berger are geniuses. They kept the bullet a little shorter, barely reducing BC to .679 G1. Lots of guys were complaining about it. Still better than almost anything else out though, except maybe the 150 SMK @ .713* (*above 1760fps) and the 147 ELD-M @ .697 G1 BC. But think of this. It is a "Hunting bullet", not a "match bullet like those two where people might balk at using them. And adds weight over these for better SD and energy, which is countered by higher velocity of the other two. It also kept the minimum twist requirement at 1:8", no need for a 1:7" or 1:7.5" twist. How many guys already have a 1:8" barrel on some 6.5mm rifle already? And even a lot of the factory rifles are coming with 1:8" now. So how many MORE 156 Elites are they going to sell with that? I say they just upped their future sales of this bullet by tenfold if not more. Freaking smart like a fox.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="lancetkenyon, post: 1667346, member: 68875"] I will be testing them in a pair of 6.5SS (1:8" & 1:7.5"). I am sure I will be trying them in some of my buddies' rifles too. Probably 6.5SAUM and 26 Nosler. After I saw the release, and ordered some, I got to thinking. I think the ballisticians and marketing guys at Berger are geniuses. They kept the bullet a little shorter, barely reducing BC to .679 G1. Lots of guys were complaining about it. Still better than almost anything else out though, except maybe the 150 SMK @ .713* (*above 1760fps) and the 147 ELD-M @ .697 G1 BC. But think of this. It is a "Hunting bullet", not a "match bullet like those two where people might balk at using them. And adds weight over these for better SD and energy, which is countered by higher velocity of the other two. It also kept the minimum twist requirement at 1:8", no need for a 1:7" or 1:7.5" twist. How many guys already have a 1:8" barrel on some 6.5mm rifle already? And even a lot of the factory rifles are coming with 1:8" now. So how many MORE 156 Elites are they going to sell with that? I say they just upped their future sales of this bullet by tenfold if not more. Freaking smart like a fox. [/QUOTE]
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