230grn berger OTM

Been sussing a load out for my 300wm using these pills so thought id share. Jared from Blackwatch reloading asked me to test them out etc, so he supplied the gear, hes a bloody top man by the way. Give him a bell to sort ya reloading gear!
Done a quick ladder test yesterday lunchtime then she was all go. Got them going 2910fps so I was happy, 5.5grns over book max got them sorted. With a b.c of .710 they fly and hit bloody well. Tested them out to a km on steel this morning then went for a quick cruise to test them on a fallow.
I shot him behind the shoulder at 500m away from bone to see how it would open up. It opened up and left a golf ball sized hole on far side, then it went about 6inches into the dirt after passing through. Certainly done the damage on him no worries at all, with massive blood loss instantly. Ill do some straight shoulder shots next and I imagine they will be devastating.
Ill be testing on more reds etc over next few days so more info to come.
Cheers, Cam.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOPrBBeykuY

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Nice loading and shooting bro

For 5 grands rifle that the least you d expect.
Very good shooting indeed. Both target and animal.
Can you please tell me was is the maximum OAL of your cartridge that will fit into the sako mag?
Also, is it still the factory barrel with 1 in 11" twist?

Great work, you certainly get those big bullets singing. Look forward to further results.

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Originally Posted by Friwi

For 5 grands rifle that the least you d expect.
Very good shooting indeed. Both target and animal.
Can you please tell me was is the maximum OAL of your cartridge that will fit into the sako mag?
Also, is it still the factory barrel with 1 in 11" twist?

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Haha yea it's just an 85 really just a fancy stock. Yeap 11 twist. My coal is 3.600 you can go a tiny bit more.

So at 3.600 oal,,,, how much jump to touch rifling??

I havent measured sorry

they are still doing the trick well, fallow at 430m red at 300m goats at 656m

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Nice fallow! Good shooting.

berger 230 still doing damage at range today. bit of curry meat for the irish cobber. shots taken from 20m from camera angle so seem a bit funny

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZ6g...ature=youtu.be

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e57UJZ5Owrk

I thought you could have shot two on the first video as well! Or did you lobb it over the closer goat? :-)

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I thought you could have shot two on the first video as well! Or did you lobb it over the closer goat? :-)

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Haha nah from the gun they weren't inline

Do they stabilise in a 1 in 11 twist?

Berger says 1 in 9 twist for 230gn

They shoot ok?

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Do they stabilise in a 1 in 11 twist?

Berger says 1 in 9 twist for 230gn

They shoot ok?

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They say 11 is minimum twist, I was thinking they wouldn't shoot very well but ive had no troubles with them so far....

Have you shot them out at distance to see if stabilising apart from on animals?
Cheers

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Have you shot them out at distance to see if stabilising apart from on animals?
Cheers

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3 shot 1.8' group at 400m with them. then just smacked gongs from 600-1000. So seem to be sweet.

At what range would they become inaccurate? if they were unstable

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At what range would they become inaccurate? if they were unstable

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1000 +

There seems to be a fair bit of terminal performance for a Berger on the smaller animals, esp an OTM with their normally thicker jackets.

Maybe its because they are only just stable, so they go nuts on impact ?

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1000 +

There seems to be a fair bit of terminal performance for a Berger on the smaller animals, esp an OTM with their normally thicker jackets.

Maybe its because they are only just stable, so they go nuts on impact ?

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right well thats sweet as im not shooting past a km anyways.

Haha yea could be too aye. They seem to wreck animals, hitting them sideways perhaps haha