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Higher BC 257 and 277 bullets
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<blockquote data-quote="Swamplord" data-source="post: 2404430" data-attributes="member: 2460"><p>Berger did great in improving their 25 caliber line with a couple of higher bc bullets over their long running 115 gr VLD Hunting bullet</p><p>make note of the 8 twist barrel requirement, I'd go min of 7.5 twist or even better, 7 twist in the smaller & slower velocity .25 cal cartridges</p><p></p><p>one other thing is that the 133 gr EH bullet has an open tip hollow point & the 135 gr LRHT has a "pointed" tip where the hollow point tip is partially closed via a tipping or pointing die, that's done to improve bc's somewhat, </p><p> Sierra have been doing that to their newer Match King line of bullets and the 131 gr Ace bullet from Blackjack is also pointed, the 131 gr Ace bullet is nothing more than a rebranded .257 caliber Sierra Match King, when you buy them in 500 pc bulk boxes from Blackjack, they send them to you in the original bulk Sierra box with a "Sierra 131 gr SMK" label on it ....</p><p></p><p>reason I mention the bullet "pointing"....</p><p>is that for hunting use you'll have better results with expansion with the open tip bullets vs the closed tip bullets... theoretically ....</p><p></p><p>...[ATTACH=full]330323[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]330324[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]330325[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]330326[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Swamplord, post: 2404430, member: 2460"] Berger did great in improving their 25 caliber line with a couple of higher bc bullets over their long running 115 gr VLD Hunting bullet make note of the 8 twist barrel requirement, I'd go min of 7.5 twist or even better, 7 twist in the smaller & slower velocity .25 cal cartridges one other thing is that the 133 gr EH bullet has an open tip hollow point & the 135 gr LRHT has a "pointed" tip where the hollow point tip is partially closed via a tipping or pointing die, that's done to improve bc's somewhat, Sierra have been doing that to their newer Match King line of bullets and the 131 gr Ace bullet from Blackjack is also pointed, the 131 gr Ace bullet is nothing more than a rebranded .257 caliber Sierra Match King, when you buy them in 500 pc bulk boxes from Blackjack, they send them to you in the original bulk Sierra box with a "Sierra 131 gr SMK" label on it .... reason I mention the bullet "pointing".... is that for hunting use you'll have better results with expansion with the open tip bullets vs the closed tip bullets... theoretically .... ...[ATTACH type="full" alt="065CA33D-A0ED-470C-9FA2-17E5B7FF6EA8.jpeg"]330323[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full" alt="93129FB6-554D-42FD-B70B-864222520B30.jpeg"]330324[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full" alt="D14B1057-EE25-42EA-9B0F-87E78E809FFF.jpeg"]330325[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full"]330326[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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