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<blockquote data-quote="CONatureBoy" data-source="post: 2215733" data-attributes="member: 118769"><p>It's more the bullet than the caliber. I spoke with an engineer at Nosler. He told me the Ballistic Tip and Accubond bullets are designed to favor long jumps (he claimed up to 0.5"). The long-range online community reports fairly uniformly that secant-ogive bullets such as the Berger VLDs shoot more accurately when loaded close to the lands. Tangent and hybrid-ogive bullets are less sensitive to depth. Hybrid bullets such as the Bergers (see e.g. <a href="https://bergerbullets.com/product/30-caliber-215-grain-hybrid-target/" target="_blank">https://bergerbullets.com/product/30-caliber-215-grain-hybrid-target/</a>) combine the tangent ogive with the secant tip, so they enjoy both insensitivity to seating depth and optimal aerodynamics.) There are other bullet attributes that relate to seating-depth sensitivity. For example, some cartridges use brass with longer necks. A long neck combined with a bullet having a long shank (the thick, tubular part in the middle) loaded deeply enough for much of the shank to pass through the neck means neck tension can help keep the bullet centered before the bullet touches the lands. . . . I've always enjoyed great accuracy from Nosler Ballistic Tips while loading them to SAAMI max. COAL. But I've also found that VLDs shoot best in my rifles when I load them 0.003"-0.005" off the lands. The Berger Hybrids don't seem to care very much.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CONatureBoy, post: 2215733, member: 118769"] It's more the bullet than the caliber. I spoke with an engineer at Nosler. He told me the Ballistic Tip and Accubond bullets are designed to favor long jumps (he claimed up to 0.5"). The long-range online community reports fairly uniformly that secant-ogive bullets such as the Berger VLDs shoot more accurately when loaded close to the lands. Tangent and hybrid-ogive bullets are less sensitive to depth. Hybrid bullets such as the Bergers (see e.g. [URL]https://bergerbullets.com/product/30-caliber-215-grain-hybrid-target/[/URL]) combine the tangent ogive with the secant tip, so they enjoy both insensitivity to seating depth and optimal aerodynamics.) There are other bullet attributes that relate to seating-depth sensitivity. For example, some cartridges use brass with longer necks. A long neck combined with a bullet having a long shank (the thick, tubular part in the middle) loaded deeply enough for much of the shank to pass through the neck means neck tension can help keep the bullet centered before the bullet touches the lands. . . . I've always enjoyed great accuracy from Nosler Ballistic Tips while loading them to SAAMI max. COAL. But I've also found that VLDs shoot best in my rifles when I load them 0.003"-0.005" off the lands. The Berger Hybrids don't seem to care very much. [/QUOTE]
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