50 grain Berger Varmint

[reggiegun]

Hi All,

 

Been loading some 50 grain berger varmint for my 223 they have grouped really well, my question is how do they shape on charlie compared to v max.

 

Regards,

 

Reggiegun

[Rem223]

Are they "match" ie small hollowpoint or MEF? (maximum expansion factor) either way they will pummel a fox but the match bullets are somewhat less explosive. BC is not as good as the Vmax but this will only make a difference at longer ranges.

[Vermincinerator]

I use 52grn Berger Varmints in my 22-250 AI, the last fox i shot at just under 110yds had a tiny pencil like entrance hole just behind the left shoulder but a grapfruit sized exit hole, with pieces of lung and heart deposited several feet behind it.

 

Ian.

[Browning]

I use 66gn Berger Varmints in my .243AI. They do a very good job indeed!! Every bit as good as the VMax I used to use.

Edited December 17, 2010 by Browning

[Dead-Eyed Duck]

I used to use 50g Bergers in my 223, and they were very accurate.

 

However, the 50g V max are not too dissimilar in accuracy, plus I feel a lot more comfortable in the the way that they knock a fox down.

 

Maybe just a personal thing, but I would never go back to Bergers

 

Don

[reggiegun]

I used to use 50g Bergers in my 223, and they were very accurate.

 

However, the 50g V max are not too dissimilar in accuracy, plus I feel a lot more comfortable in the the way that they knock a fox down.

 

Maybe just a personal thing, but I would never go back to Bergers

 

Don

 

Hi Don,

 

What do you load for your 223 now? Do you feel the v max are a better fox round? Did you experience Bergers not expanding too good?

 

Regards,

 

Paul

[Alycidon]

I use Berger MEF50s in a 20BR, they kill OK but carcase damage is not usually severe over about 100 yards. IMHO the Blitz king 39gr is a better sib 300 yard bullet. In my 6mm I find Vmax's far more 'disruptive' that Berger/Barts match bullets, in fairness I have not put Berger MEFs through it.

 

A

[Dead-Eyed Duck]

Hi Don,

 

What do you load for your 223 now? Do you feel the v max are a better fox round? Did you experience Bergers not expanding too good?

 

Regards,

 

Paul

 

I use 24.5 g of Vit 133 and find this to be an excellent load for the 50g Berger and 50g V Max. If I do my stuff right I get three shot groups touching at 100 yards with my Sako 75. I zero 1" high at 100 yards and aim dead on from 50 - 200 yards. At 250 yards I get c.4" drop but this degrades to c.9" at 300 yards (very rare I shoot at this range).

 

I have no idea what twist rate the rifle has - may seem to be strange but I never worry about the N'th degree of ballistics - all I worry about is getting the rifle grouping well and knocking down foxes with the minimum amount of effort.

 

Don