Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
Articles
Latest reviews
Author list
Classifieds
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles and first posts only
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Forums
Rifles, Reloading, Optics, Equipment
Rifles, Bullets, Barrels & Ballistics
Discontinued Berger Ammo 300 Win Mag 215s and industry evolving, new cartridges
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="Okanogan" data-source="post: 2058518" data-attributes="member: 90397"><p>The ABM/Berger 215 ammo said right in the description that it was 3.60" but apparently a lot of shooters didn't understand what that meant. I have have shot it in both of my 300 WMs. In the heavy barreled rifle it shot well for me but not in the lighter barreled rifle. </p><p>The 215 is a fairly forgiving bullet to load for so it shouldn't be that hard to get someone to work up a similar load for your friend's rifle. Start with the 3.60 COAL and if necessary try a few variations of COAL shorter and longer for tuning. For powder, I think most use H1000 but RL26 and a couple others work well too. I didn't have any problem getting the 215s to shoot well in both my rifles. For the lighter barreled rifle, I had to slow down the muzzle velocity about 100 fps lower than the Berger/ ABM ammo to get it to shoot well. If you are starting from scratch, I think Norma 300WM brass is the same as the ABM brass. A good chornograph and some range time and it shouldn't be that hard. I think I still have 3 boxes of the ABM ammo left because I actually prefer to shoot my own reloads tuned to the specific rifle.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Okanogan, post: 2058518, member: 90397"] The ABM/Berger 215 ammo said right in the description that it was 3.60" but apparently a lot of shooters didn't understand what that meant. I have have shot it in both of my 300 WMs. In the heavy barreled rifle it shot well for me but not in the lighter barreled rifle. The 215 is a fairly forgiving bullet to load for so it shouldn't be that hard to get someone to work up a similar load for your friend's rifle. Start with the 3.60 COAL and if necessary try a few variations of COAL shorter and longer for tuning. For powder, I think most use H1000 but RL26 and a couple others work well too. I didn't have any problem getting the 215s to shoot well in both my rifles. For the lighter barreled rifle, I had to slow down the muzzle velocity about 100 fps lower than the Berger/ ABM ammo to get it to shoot well. If you are starting from scratch, I think Norma 300WM brass is the same as the ABM brass. A good chornograph and some range time and it shouldn't be that hard. I think I still have 3 boxes of the ABM ammo left because I actually prefer to shoot my own reloads tuned to the specific rifle. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Rifles, Reloading, Optics, Equipment
Rifles, Bullets, Barrels & Ballistics
Discontinued Berger Ammo 300 Win Mag 215s and industry evolving, new cartridges
Top