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<blockquote data-quote="Greyfox" data-source="post: 1434944" data-attributes="member: 10291"><p>I'm hoping the buyout helps Berger. I'm a big fan of their bullets but have been frustrated with the more then expected dimensional changes that have occurred over the years. I have always kept a supply of a particular lot of bullets for each rifle/load. It appears that, at least with the 6.5's, that the bullets have gotten shorter with changes in Base to Ogive over the past 5+ years. The 140 HVLD's used to tun 1.41" overall bullet length with a BC of .313. Now they are running 1.37" with a lower BC, .307. I understand the length variation, but it's nowhere close to where it once was. The same holds true for the more recent 130 Tactical Hybrids which are running .030" shorter then the original lots. For long range precision shooting I have found these inconsistencies to be problematic. I don't buy the excuse of machinery variations. This wasn't the case a few years ago. Lot to lot consistency was much better in the past. I have really noticed this with the recent shortages as I'm dipping into old stocks of bullets to meet my current load needs.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Greyfox, post: 1434944, member: 10291"] I’m hoping the buyout helps Berger. I’m a big fan of their bullets but have been frustrated with the more then expected dimensional changes that have occurred over the years. I have always kept a supply of a particular lot of bullets for each rifle/load. It appears that, at least with the 6.5’s, that the bullets have gotten shorter with changes in Base to Ogive over the past 5+ years. The 140 HVLD’s used to tun 1.41” overall bullet length with a BC of .313. Now they are running 1.37” with a lower BC, .307. I understand the length variation, but it’s nowhere close to where it once was. The same holds true for the more recent 130 Tactical Hybrids which are running .030” shorter then the original lots. For long range precision shooting I have found these inconsistencies to be problematic. I don’t buy the excuse of machinery variations. This wasn’t the case a few years ago. Lot to lot consistency was much better in the past. I have really noticed this with the recent shortages as I’m dipping into old stocks of bullets to meet my current load needs. [/QUOTE]
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