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Which Berger 168 for my 280 Ackley?
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<blockquote data-quote="Ridgerunner665" data-source="post: 1099181" data-attributes="member: 12660"><p>Thanks for the replies...</p><p></p><p>I've changed my mind though, I've been trying to talk myself into using Berger's and I think I almost succeeded...then fell off the wagon....I cancelled the order for the Classic Hunters and I'm just gonna go with the tried and true 160 grain Nosler Accubond.</p><p></p><p>Leaves a little BC on the table but I can work with that at the ranges I'm gonna be shooting...I'd rather have the penetration of the AB.</p><p></p><p>I've used Bergers, or rather my son has, in his 30-06 (175 VLD's)...they worked, but I wasn't impressed with them in that platform...if I had a big gun (338) and could take advantage of the 300 grain slugs at good speed it'd be different.</p><p></p><p>Most of my shooting will be 600 yards or less...there are 2 spots that may present a shot at more than that...max being 790 yards....I know I'll feel better with the Accubonds, they were my first choice anyway...then I got caught up in the Accubond LR's for a bit, but their inconsistency turned me away from those...thats when I started considering Berger...</p><p></p><p>But I'm a shoulder shooter, always have been....near or far...I like busting them shoulders and dropping them there where they stand...I'm a pretty decent tracker but I'd rather not do all that if I don't have to...shooting shoulders has proven, to me, to be an effective means of anchoring deer...and given that, and the fact that I'm just as likely to get a shot at 6 yards as I am at 600...I'm going with the plain old vanilla Accubond bullets.</p><p></p><p>My rifle shoots them pretty good at 3,003 fps...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ridgerunner665, post: 1099181, member: 12660"] Thanks for the replies... I've changed my mind though, I've been trying to talk myself into using Berger's and I think I almost succeeded...then fell off the wagon....I cancelled the order for the Classic Hunters and I'm just gonna go with the tried and true 160 grain Nosler Accubond. Leaves a little BC on the table but I can work with that at the ranges I'm gonna be shooting...I'd rather have the penetration of the AB. I've used Bergers, or rather my son has, in his 30-06 (175 VLD's)...they worked, but I wasn't impressed with them in that platform...if I had a big gun (338) and could take advantage of the 300 grain slugs at good speed it'd be different. Most of my shooting will be 600 yards or less...there are 2 spots that may present a shot at more than that...max being 790 yards....I know I'll feel better with the Accubonds, they were my first choice anyway...then I got caught up in the Accubond LR's for a bit, but their inconsistency turned me away from those...thats when I started considering Berger... But I'm a shoulder shooter, always have been....near or far...I like busting them shoulders and dropping them there where they stand...I'm a pretty decent tracker but I'd rather not do all that if I don't have to...shooting shoulders has proven, to me, to be an effective means of anchoring deer...and given that, and the fact that I'm just as likely to get a shot at 6 yards as I am at 600...I'm going with the plain old vanilla Accubond bullets. My rifle shoots them pretty good at 3,003 fps... [/QUOTE]
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