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berger vs ABLR
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<blockquote data-quote="vancewalker007" data-source="post: 1824465" data-attributes="member: 66917"><p>I have 2 7 LRMs that I've used those in. Frankly the ABLRs never shot to the accuracy level I desired. The 175 Elite Hunter shot very good but the 180 VLD and 195 EOLs out shot everything. The longest kill we have was a cow elk at 1092 yards with 180 VLD from a custom 7LRM. The powders I'm primarily using with all of them are H1000 and IMR7977. The elk was killed with 7977. </p><p></p><p>One other thing I noticed about these bullets was the ABLRs varied +/- 3-4 grains in weight versus all the Bergers that were mostly right on with an occasional +/-.5gr off. Never did enough careful testing to prove this meant anything but it's something I noticed. The ABLRs did not shoot great in my fathers LRM either. If I was limiting shots to 500-600 yards on elk and big deer, with most shots being closer, they would be ok for me. But I have to cover Coues which shrink the acceptable accuracy range a lot. </p><p></p><p>I did read where the manufacturing process for bonded bullets is tough and can cause voids in the bullets. I'm not sure if this is true.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="vancewalker007, post: 1824465, member: 66917"] I have 2 7 LRMs that I've used those in. Frankly the ABLRs never shot to the accuracy level I desired. The 175 Elite Hunter shot very good but the 180 VLD and 195 EOLs out shot everything. The longest kill we have was a cow elk at 1092 yards with 180 VLD from a custom 7LRM. The powders I'm primarily using with all of them are H1000 and IMR7977. The elk was killed with 7977. One other thing I noticed about these bullets was the ABLRs varied +/- 3-4 grains in weight versus all the Bergers that were mostly right on with an occasional +/-.5gr off. Never did enough careful testing to prove this meant anything but it's something I noticed. The ABLRs did not shoot great in my fathers LRM either. If I was limiting shots to 500-600 yards on elk and big deer, with most shots being closer, they would be ok for me. But I have to cover Coues which shrink the acceptable accuracy range a lot. I did read where the manufacturing process for bonded bullets is tough and can cause voids in the bullets. I'm not sure if this is true. [/QUOTE]
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