Your favorite target bullet and brand?
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I’ll bite
Flat base for 200 and under. Fuller is a match winning custom mfg. Most accurate and bc doesn’t matter that close
EELR solids, can’t beat the consistency and bc
Mid ranges...a thousand choices. A lot depends on what your rifle and cartridge combo like best.
Both 308 win and 300WM can use the same bullet but different weights.
So it pends on several factors.
Every bullet maker makes a high/match grade bullet Line
Higher dollar boxes usually have less deviation in weight from bullet to bullet in the same box, as a rule.
Some bullets have better bc/specs but if they don’t shoot well in your rifle...who cares
Just look at different styles of competition shooting, the are many brands.
Flat base for 200 and under. Fuller is a match winning custom mfg. Most accurate and bc doesn’t matter that close
EELR solids, can’t beat the consistency and bc
Mid ranges...a thousand choices. A lot depends on what your rifle and cartridge combo like best.
Both 308 win and 300WM can use the same bullet but different weights.
So it pends on several factors.
Every bullet maker makes a high/match grade bullet Line
Higher dollar boxes usually have less deviation in weight from bullet to bullet in the same box, as a rule.
Some bullets have better bc/specs but if they don’t shoot well in your rifle...who cares
Just look at different styles of competition shooting, the are many brands.
I don't shoot benchrest, so if it's capable of 1/2 moa it works.
So I general grab Hornady because they work and they're decently priced.
Berger's usually work, but are an extra $10+ per box. It adds up and I don't know that they have any real advantage unless your particular barrel loves them.
I've bought piles of Noslers over the years and always had good luck with their ballistic tips.
Sierra's are my go-to in certain situations where I have a barrel that's not liking others it will almost always shoot match Kings.
So I general grab Hornady because they work and they're decently priced.
Berger's usually work, but are an extra $10+ per box. It adds up and I don't know that they have any real advantage unless your particular barrel loves them.
I've bought piles of Noslers over the years and always had good luck with their ballistic tips.
Sierra's are my go-to in certain situations where I have a barrel that's not liking others it will almost always shoot match Kings.
I have heard seirra new bullets had some inconsistency box to box
SMK’s- kinda behind the times but they still shoot.
Berger hybrids-consistent and effective.
Hornandy ELD-m’s-my current favorite, good price, great accuracy and plenty consistent at distance.
Berger hybrids-consistent and effective.
Hornandy ELD-m’s-my current favorite, good price, great accuracy and plenty consistent at distance.
338LM Berger hybrids
7mm mag hornady eld-m
6mm barnes matchburners and SMK
22 and 30 cal. Nosler CC
7mm mag hornady eld-m
6mm barnes matchburners and SMK
22 and 30 cal. Nosler CC
Hi,
Nano polymer/tungsten.
Heavier with better sectional density than monolithics in a physical size smaller than traditional jacketed.
Sincerely,
Theis
Nano polymer/tungsten.
Heavier with better sectional density than monolithics in a physical size smaller than traditional jacketed.
Sincerely,
Theis
I never got groups with hybrids like with eld’s or SMK’s but I do think they’re seem more consistent at distance.
Yes, they definitely aren’t finicky.
But I’m cheap and the ELD’s are good enough especially for the price.
I'll play, though I gotta say this seems like a way for OP to hit the 100 post minimum for the PX
In my 6.5 Creedmoor, I've tried probably ten or so different bullets from Hornady, Nosler, Berger, Sierra, Barnes, etc., over the years, but none have ever made me stray far from the Hornady AMAX/ELDM or the BTHP Match. The BTHP isn't as sexy as the ELDM, but those damn things just shoot! And they're a whopping $21/100
Call me old school, but I still shoot the 175 SMK in my 308 and the 210 SMK in my 300 WM because they both just shoot!
My Dasher gets either the 105 Hybrid or the 107 SMK
25 Creedmoor shoots the 131s
6 Creedmoor gets either the Berger 115s or the DTACs
In my 6.5 Creedmoor, I've tried probably ten or so different bullets from Hornady, Nosler, Berger, Sierra, Barnes, etc., over the years, but none have ever made me stray far from the Hornady AMAX/ELDM or the BTHP Match. The BTHP isn't as sexy as the ELDM, but those damn things just shoot! And they're a whopping $21/100
Call me old school, but I still shoot the 175 SMK in my 308 and the 210 SMK in my 300 WM because they both just shoot!
My Dasher gets either the 105 Hybrid or the 107 SMK
25 Creedmoor shoots the 131s
6 Creedmoor gets either the Berger 115s or the DTACs
I thought they stopped selling that useless cartridge.
Maybe he knows where unicorns graze. Lol
All joking aside the 175 smk is a great bullet for 1k in the 308
If you're weighing every bullet and putting every one in a comparator they ALL have inconsistency lot to lot, period. Not the first thread to bash Sierra bullets.
I shoot them because boxes of 500 are never on back order and they are cheap compared to the others.
I shot the 6mm, 107s and never had a complaint, but then I don't weigh or compare...I just load.
Then I switched to the longer 110s with even better results.
I don't believe that Bergers or boutique bullets are going to get me more impacts, and therefore I'm not paying for them. I'll keep buying the Sierras in bulk and being very happy with my precision and the cost.
This year I haven't gotten out much at all, but in the past when I've gone through a few boxes and a few barrels in a season it has made a difference.
R16.
I was able to get awfully close to 2900 with them but backed down to a nice flat spot with awesome SD.
I found a sub half miute node @ 41.4 / 41.5 gr about 10/1000 off the lands. I decided to behappy with that.
It’s a long throated 260 loaded long with roomy brass.
Seeing as I’m over a grain below where I found pressure this load should be quite trouble free.
Someday I’ll try R26.
