Range Report Federal gold medal 185gr Berger
- Thread starter The Angler
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Nice shooting. This load was the most accurate factory offering I've ever run through my AI at 100 yards.
I bought a box at my local store.....took it to the range for a little testing.
Rifle: GA Precision Rem 700 with 22" barrel. 1:11.25 twist rate
Chrono: set 15 ft from the muzzle
Average velocity was 2567 fps.
I shot the rifle on a bipod with rear bag off the top of a picnic table. In hindsight, I should've shot from the prone position, but didn't. Not happy with the group, so will go out another time & try again...
Rifle: GA Precision Rem 700 with 22" barrel. 1:11.25 twist rate
Chrono: set 15 ft from the muzzle
Average velocity was 2567 fps.
I shot the rifle on a bipod with rear bag off the top of a picnic table. In hindsight, I should've shot from the prone position, but didn't. Not happy with the group, so will go out another time & try again...
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Give 'er another try from prone. But, remember every rifle is different and may just be a load that your stick isn't fond of.
So I just got a couple boxes to try. Basically, if this stuff came out about 5 years ago I wouldn't have had a reason to handload for this particular rifle. I was adamant about using the 185gr Berger bullet. This ammo shoots damn near identically to my load. 2570ps out of a 20" Shilen barrel, 7fps SD, and even to the same point of impact.
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Throat in my 5R is long. Sierra 175 MK works well in it. 175 RDF needs to be single loaded long to shoot well.
I wonder where these 185's fit in?
I wonder where these 185's fit in?
1-10” I used to have a 1-12” that they did stabilize out of but it was it wasn’t the best barrel on its own so I couldn’t blame the bullet for any lack of performance
I am shooting a 1/10 22” custom barrel. It handles the 185 grain bullet very well. After breaking barrel in I shot a rainbow of different manufactures ammo at different weights. The Federal 185 grain and Norma 168 grain were clear winners with both sub MOA at 100 yards. Interestingly, the Federal shot slightly better than Norma at 200 & 300. Another interesting note, I use JBM ballistics tables. The Federal bullet shot low at 100 yards against tables and high using tables at 200 and 300. It seems to handle the longer ranges about .25 MOA better than Norma.
I've shot both the Berger Load and Federal Load - 26" Medium Palma Barrel in a Tikka Action
Difference: Federal - published FPS: 2600; Thru my rifle: 2707 FPS With 13.3 SD; COAL: 2.800
Berger - Published FPS: 2628; Thru my rifle: 2645 FPS with 8.1 SD; COAL: 2.910
ATTACHED is my load:
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^^^ This??? I think you forgot a "0" in the accuracy distance....
185 Jugg surpasses 175 at 1000 ballistically
1230 fps, 690 ft-lb vs 1170 fps, 530 ft-lb outta my 24” 1:10 with 43.5gr Varget
Savage Ashbury Precision Ordinance .308 24” barrel SiCo Omega suppressed
Magnetospeed V3
37F 37% 30.2in
FGMM 185 Jugg
2599, 2625, 2635, 2603, 2615,
2621, 2625, 2609, 2620, 2609 SD 11.1
55F 80% 29.7in
FGMM 175 SMK
2643, 2670, 2658, 2647, 2662
2651, 2661, 2656, 2643, 2656 SD 8.9
Magnetospeed V3
37F 37% 30.2in
FGMM 185 Jugg
2599, 2625, 2635, 2603, 2615,
2621, 2625, 2609, 2620, 2609 SD 11.1
55F 80% 29.7in
FGMM 175 SMK
2643, 2670, 2658, 2647, 2662
2651, 2661, 2656, 2643, 2656 SD 8.9
