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<blockquote data-quote="TX Badger" data-source="post: 1177554" data-attributes="member: 95235"><p>Current Berger line up of hunting bullets. (heaviest/highest BC by caliber)</p><p></p><p>.243 115 gr VLD Hunting 0.568 0.291 0.956 1:7″</p><p>.257 115 gr VLD Hunting 0.483 0.247 1.006 1:9″</p><p>.264 140 gr VLD Hunting 0.600 0.307 0.935 1:8″</p><p>.277 170 gr EOL Elite Hunter 0.662 0.339 0.935 1:8″</p><p>.284 195 gr EOL Elite Hunter 0.755 0.387 0.892 1:8″</p><p>.308 210 gr VLD Hunting 0.625 0.320 0.988 1:10″</p><p>.338 300 gr Elite Hunter 0.814 0.417 0.900 1:10″</p><p></p><p>So here's my opinion and hopefully enough of you agree/comment that someone will listen:</p><p></p><p>1. The long range shooting trend is not going anywhere</p><p>2. Most people in this area of interest are looking for high BC bullets for all of their accuracy and terminal performance benefits.</p><p>3. There is one really obvious gap in this line up (or that of any of the commercial bullet makers for that matter).</p><p>4. There should be a heavy/high BC .257 bullet from someone.</p><p></p><p>I realize that this needs to be profitable for these companies, but it's going to happen. Why are we delaying the inevitable? I would think that Berger is the most likely candidate as they have made a name as the leader in this category. Also, it should not be a marginal jump that will stabilize in a 1/10 twist because then it's not going to be interesting enough to sell to the target market. (pun unintended) Something in the 130 gr. range (BC should be well into the .6s) would be a great target bullet and out of a 25-06 or 257 Weatherby would be hard to beat as a long range deer set up. </p><p></p><p>I know this debate has been hashed out on this forum in the past, but as best I could tell, not in the last 2 years. Anyone else up for making another push?</p><p></p><p></p><p>Thanks, </p><p></p><p>Chris</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TX Badger, post: 1177554, member: 95235"] Current Berger line up of hunting bullets. (heaviest/highest BC by caliber) .243 115 gr VLD Hunting 0.568 0.291 0.956 1:7″ .257 115 gr VLD Hunting 0.483 0.247 1.006 1:9″ .264 140 gr VLD Hunting 0.600 0.307 0.935 1:8″ .277 170 gr EOL Elite Hunter 0.662 0.339 0.935 1:8″ .284 195 gr EOL Elite Hunter 0.755 0.387 0.892 1:8″ .308 210 gr VLD Hunting 0.625 0.320 0.988 1:10″ .338 300 gr Elite Hunter 0.814 0.417 0.900 1:10″ So here's my opinion and hopefully enough of you agree/comment that someone will listen: 1. The long range shooting trend is not going anywhere 2. Most people in this area of interest are looking for high BC bullets for all of their accuracy and terminal performance benefits. 3. There is one really obvious gap in this line up (or that of any of the commercial bullet makers for that matter). 4. There should be a heavy/high BC .257 bullet from someone. I realize that this needs to be profitable for these companies, but it's going to happen. Why are we delaying the inevitable? I would think that Berger is the most likely candidate as they have made a name as the leader in this category. Also, it should not be a marginal jump that will stabilize in a 1/10 twist because then it's not going to be interesting enough to sell to the target market. (pun unintended) Something in the 130 gr. range (BC should be well into the .6s) would be a great target bullet and out of a 25-06 or 257 Weatherby would be hard to beat as a long range deer set up. I know this debate has been hashed out on this forum in the past, but as best I could tell, not in the last 2 years. Anyone else up for making another push? Thanks, Chris [/QUOTE]
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