New to Loading and wanted to load the best long range .25 cal bullet for my .25-06. read that berger has the highest BC (.522) so I had to try them.Bought the 115gr.moly VLD. Not sure if I seated them to deep, I think there touching the lands, at least you can see the rifling on the bullet when you chamber it close the bolt and pull it out? Anyways I used 56gr. of H-1000 (avg. vel. 3050fps.), Remington cases And CCI br-2 primers shot 1.5 MOA @100 yds with gusting 10-20mph winds. I was hoping for better results but it could have been the Wind. I'm shooting A Factory Sako L-61R that shoots holes inside holes with Sierra 90 and 100 grainers. Anybody have any Recomindations on this Load Or Sierra #1628 100 gr.match kings
Try seating the bullet 10 to 15 thousands off the lands. Use a marks-a-lot on the bullet to tell when you�re on the lands and when you just start off the lands. More times than not you have to give up one for the other, speed are accuracy, you�re not going to get both normally. When your bullet touch�s the lands this cause the pressure to go up. This is what a bench rest shooter does, they use light loads and push the bullet up the barrel. There not looking for expansion, they�re looking for one hole, i/e, accuracy. For hunting try Nosler, for paper use Serria. Good luck! jjdero
I use 57gr. N560 with the 115 gr Berger VLD and get 3400fps out of a 30" barrel. Peak strain measurements indicate a peak pressure of about 64000 psi. Have had some good groups with low velocity variation.
