chemist308
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Today I picked up a box of Berger VLD 175 grain bullets because I couldn't get Sierra Match King 175. They were not cheap by comparison so they came with great, as yet unmet, expectations... I was looking for something I can qualify out to 600 yards with and have an interest in learning to shoot to 1000 yards.
Does anyone have any load suggestions for these with Hodgdon BL-C(2) powder?
So far I've tried shooting these with a single 2.8 cc lee dipper of BL-C(2), and 3 - 1 cc dippers of BL-C(2), but am only grouping at about 2.5 MOA, which for me is abysmal considering I can 1 MOA with 168 gr Sierras. Maybe I'm having an off day and not doing my part--probably too early to tell.
If it matters, I'm seating the VLD bullets close to or on the barrel lands of my Browning X-Bolt Medallion--essentially I seating the bullet as shallow as the rifle will still chamber, which should be right on the lands. Are VLDs really that finicky, or should I just make these to standard OAL?
Does anyone have any load suggestions for these with Hodgdon BL-C(2) powder?
So far I've tried shooting these with a single 2.8 cc lee dipper of BL-C(2), and 3 - 1 cc dippers of BL-C(2), but am only grouping at about 2.5 MOA, which for me is abysmal considering I can 1 MOA with 168 gr Sierras. Maybe I'm having an off day and not doing my part--probably too early to tell.
If it matters, I'm seating the VLD bullets close to or on the barrel lands of my Browning X-Bolt Medallion--essentially I seating the bullet as shallow as the rifle will still chamber, which should be right on the lands. Are VLDs really that finicky, or should I just make these to standard OAL?