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<blockquote data-quote="nmbarta" data-source="post: 1252008" data-attributes="member: 78438"><p>fed 215m</p><p>71 retumbo</p><p>nosler brass</p><p>I don't have my notes with me so I can't provide a COL at the moment but 3.98 comes to mind. That may have been with the berger. I would not recommend starting anywhere near this load. I know that this is not a safe load in some rifles. This load is showing very very slight ejector marks on nosler brass. Primers look good, bolt lift is silky smooth. Brass is on it's fourth firing and is holding primers like new. Velocity was verified over a magneto and what I believe was a chrony beta master (my friends chronograph) Velocity is about 60fps faster than what I thought it would do, but using this velocity and the applied ballistics program and advertised bc, we were very consistently hitting targets from 500-1400 yards shooting straight north with a kestrel ab providing atmospheric conditions.</p><p></p><p>I don't hunt at these ranges (first round hits aren't quite consistent enough past 1000 for me to pull the trigger on an animal past 1000) but would love to hear how this bullet performs at lower velocities.</p><p></p><p>I love berger bullets, but never cared much for how animals reacted after a hit, maybe just my experience, but I couldn't ever just drop one. That being said, I never lost an animal with a berger, and don't wan't to come across as preaching for this one. We've just had really good luck with it so far. It's nice to have another great option.</p><p></p><p>Again, I'm sure you know what your doing, but this load would probably be way over pressure in some rifles. I just looked it up, and it appears to be 3-4 grains over max</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nmbarta, post: 1252008, member: 78438"] fed 215m 71 retumbo nosler brass I don't have my notes with me so I can't provide a COL at the moment but 3.98 comes to mind. That may have been with the berger. I would not recommend starting anywhere near this load. I know that this is not a safe load in some rifles. This load is showing very very slight ejector marks on nosler brass. Primers look good, bolt lift is silky smooth. Brass is on it's fourth firing and is holding primers like new. Velocity was verified over a magneto and what I believe was a chrony beta master (my friends chronograph) Velocity is about 60fps faster than what I thought it would do, but using this velocity and the applied ballistics program and advertised bc, we were very consistently hitting targets from 500-1400 yards shooting straight north with a kestrel ab providing atmospheric conditions. I don't hunt at these ranges (first round hits aren't quite consistent enough past 1000 for me to pull the trigger on an animal past 1000) but would love to hear how this bullet performs at lower velocities. I love berger bullets, but never cared much for how animals reacted after a hit, maybe just my experience, but I couldn't ever just drop one. That being said, I never lost an animal with a berger, and don't wan't to come across as preaching for this one. We've just had really good luck with it so far. It's nice to have another great option. Again, I'm sure you know what your doing, but this load would probably be way over pressure in some rifles. I just looked it up, and it appears to be 3-4 grains over max [/QUOTE]
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