Berger 87 gr VLD hunter Howa .243 1:10 twist

[KRUGA]

Hi,

New member here, anyone have real world experience with a howa 24" 1:10 twist shooting berger 87gr VLD hunter out to 600m? I will be working up a load using H4350, i know the 87gr Vmax shoots great but i want the bergers to work and im reading conflicting posts about them so i need some info please. If you are shooting them, at what speeds are you running? The berger twist rate calculater gives me GS of 1.38 to 1.4 in my conditions, is it worth working up the load. It will be for hunting/varminting out to 500 600 yards. Thanks

 

[A.sosa]

I run the 95gr Berger VLD hunting in my Howa 1:10 24"
i use Norma brass and 42.5gr of AR2209 (Australian Powder) which is a 4350 equivalent.
Havent really tried these with game, but they stabilize well and groups at about 0.3" at 100yrds and i shoot it out to 1000yrds no problem.

 

[KRUGA]

Thanks. Tried to work up a load a while ago and i was getting weird results, not very repeatable. Shooting 100m 1 hole groups then the next time not. Ive got about 1500 round through it but im starting to think a carbon ring might be my culprit, so i got a borescope and i think it has a pretty big carbon ring so no use working on a load untill i get that out.

 

[JaoeyP]

Thanks. Tried to work up a load a while ago and i was getting weird results, not very repeatable. Shooting 100m 1 hole groups then the next time not. Ive got about 1500 round through it but im starting to think a carbon ring might be my culprit, so i got a borescope and i think it has a pretty big carbon ring so no use working on a load untill i get that out.

Sorry I know this thread is months old. The 10 twist isn't enough for those Berger 87gr VLDs. They are marginally stable and you'll see mixed results like that depending on atmospherics. Great one day, can't hit a barn the next.