Bergara rifles....
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https://cdn.leupold.com/products/pr...e-instruction-manual.pdf?mtime=20170614073802
Section 12?
Odd that there isn't a reference mark. I would use a small paint pen and add one.
I can truly say it would bother me any. I'm likely to sight in and leave it. If I need to adjust the scope I do so. I'm not likely to do so much as long as bullets are on paper.
Section 12?
Odd that there isn't a reference mark. I would use a small paint pen and add one.
I can truly say it would bother me any. I'm likely to sight in and leave it. If I need to adjust the scope I do so. I'm not likely to do so much as long as bullets are on paper.
fiver
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I think once Walter gets his put together and shoots some groups with it he will like his too.
my biggest complaint is with the 200$ scope I put on mine.
I really can't complain about it either since it stays where I set the adjustments, I can see through it, and it has allowed me the confidence to make some pretty impressive [to me] shots in the field and on the bench.
I really did absolutely zero load development [picked one that used the I-4064 powder I had sitting there, and that gave me about 2800 fps with a 150gr sierra]
no real load tricks other than the fancy trim the Federal range brass to the same length and prep it trick.
I might get real fancy and neck size the cases the next go round and see what happens.
I have some other bullets loaded with RL-22 [Accubonds maybe?] to try out eventually.
my biggest complaint is with the 200$ scope I put on mine.
I really can't complain about it either since it stays where I set the adjustments, I can see through it, and it has allowed me the confidence to make some pretty impressive [to me] shots in the field and on the bench.
I really did absolutely zero load development [picked one that used the I-4064 powder I had sitting there, and that gave me about 2800 fps with a 150gr sierra]
no real load tricks other than the fancy trim the Federal range brass to the same length and prep it trick.
I might get real fancy and neck size the cases the next go round and see what happens.
I have some other bullets loaded with RL-22 [Accubonds maybe?] to try out eventually.
Pistolero
Well-Known Member
Sounds good, but where's the "fun" in a rifle that shoots your first load try really well? 
Of course, some of that is knowing how to put together a load that has a high probability of
working...like I4064 and 150 Sierra...Fed brass. But the rifle has to be right, too, and the
assembly of that ammo has to be right, too. Screw the bullets into the cases crooked and
it won't be as happy.
Seems that more and more rifle makers are starting to break the code and make guns that
can shoot, out of the box. How cool is THAT!?
My .308 target/match load is 44.5 gr 4064, 174 SMK, Fed brass, F210 or WLR primer - match Fed if I can
find them. Typically shoots to one or two inches at 300 yds if the loose nut behind the trigger
can get it together. Rem 700 HB, Leu 3.5-10. I pillar bedded it, and that is about it.
My young USMC friend shot an amazing group with it before he headed off to boot camp.
He had it going that day. Prone, bipod, he put three into 0.68 at 300 yds. Best the gun
has ever done, didn't hurt that he had 19 yr old eyes at the time, and had been shooting
rifles since he was 5.
Hope the Bergara is like that. None of the rest of my rifles are.
Bill
Of course, some of that is knowing how to put together a load that has a high probability of
working...like I4064 and 150 Sierra...Fed brass. But the rifle has to be right, too, and the
assembly of that ammo has to be right, too. Screw the bullets into the cases crooked and
it won't be as happy.
Seems that more and more rifle makers are starting to break the code and make guns that
can shoot, out of the box. How cool is THAT!?
My .308 target/match load is 44.5 gr 4064, 174 SMK, Fed brass, F210 or WLR primer - match Fed if I can
find them. Typically shoots to one or two inches at 300 yds if the loose nut behind the trigger
can get it together. Rem 700 HB, Leu 3.5-10. I pillar bedded it, and that is about it.
My young USMC friend shot an amazing group with it before he headed off to boot camp.
He had it going that day. Prone, bipod, he put three into 0.68 at 300 yds. Best the gun
has ever done, didn't hurt that he had 19 yr old eyes at the time, and had been shooting
rifles since he was 5.
Hope the Bergara is like that. None of the rest of my rifles are.
Bill
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waco
Springfield, Oregon
As far as jacketed stuff goes I'm trying to decide what to get. I was looking at some 165gr Nosler Accubonds.
Were those 150 sierra bullets game kings Lamar?
I have 100 or so Speer 150 SP lying around. Also some Hornady 180gr SST and a few Nosler 165 BT
I want to get a "go to " jacketed load worked up to send the info off to Leupold for the custom turret, then play with cast.
Were those 150 sierra bullets game kings Lamar?
I have 100 or so Speer 150 SP lying around. Also some Hornady 180gr SST and a few Nosler 165 BT
I want to get a "go to " jacketed load worked up to send the info off to Leupold for the custom turret, then play with cast.
fiver
Well-Known Member
well...yeah,,,,, kind of.
I use sierra jackets, and they are within .001 on the ogive.
I manipulate the core to be quite a bit harder than sierra uses though.
I'm a solid Hornady Interlock guy when it comes to hunting bullets, but I don't think your gonna beat the sierra game king in the 30 cal rifles for accuracy, they also seem to be pretty solid for deer too.
in years past they were more focused on accuracy but their hunting performance has come along real well in the last few years.
IMO they changed the jacket thickness some and hardened the core a touch, not enough to make a big marketing thing out of it, but just enough to make the bullet a more solid field performer.
if ELK were on the menu I would look at a 165 as an all around weight.
that 2130 bullet is the one I copy, and the OAL works out to 3.202 to the lead tip they have.
mine don't have the point and weigh 2 grs more but the ogive measurement is within .001.
win primers, fed cases, and 49.6 grs of I-4064. I should be around 2800 fps with the 24" barrel.
it shoots flat enough that 2" high at 100 is almost dead on at 50 and 200 and about 2-1/2 low at 300.
I use sierra jackets, and they are within .001 on the ogive.
I manipulate the core to be quite a bit harder than sierra uses though.
I'm a solid Hornady Interlock guy when it comes to hunting bullets, but I don't think your gonna beat the sierra game king in the 30 cal rifles for accuracy, they also seem to be pretty solid for deer too.
in years past they were more focused on accuracy but their hunting performance has come along real well in the last few years.
IMO they changed the jacket thickness some and hardened the core a touch, not enough to make a big marketing thing out of it, but just enough to make the bullet a more solid field performer.
if ELK were on the menu I would look at a 165 as an all around weight.
that 2130 bullet is the one I copy, and the OAL works out to 3.202 to the lead tip they have.
mine don't have the point and weigh 2 grs more but the ogive measurement is within .001.
win primers, fed cases, and 49.6 grs of I-4064. I should be around 2800 fps with the 24" barrel.
it shoots flat enough that 2" high at 100 is almost dead on at 50 and 200 and about 2-1/2 low at 300.
