Am I the only person that can't get Berger 156 to shoot?

[jonmt]

I haven't been able to get any bergers to shoot bug holes. from 30 cal to .224

Yes 3/4 moa but after 20-30 rounds i give up because hammers have always shot better for me.

 

[The_Whitetail_Kid]

I haven't been able to get any bergers to shoot bug holes. from 30 cal to .224

Yes 3/4 moa but after 20-30 rounds i give up because hammers have always shot better for me.

That’s weird. I’ve always been able to get a 1/2 inch or better with the bergers in my guns and my dads guns.

 

[jonmt]

I even tried seating depth changes and powder changes.
With components being expensive and primers sometimes hard to find I stopped.

 

[NevadaMike]

Did you ever get a chance to try the 4831?

I finally got out and shot the 156 Bergers with H4831SC and the groups are much better. With 51 grains I found my best group and about .5. That is only a 3 shot group so I am sure it will open up with a larger sample. Funny thing is I bought a box of Precision hunter to zero the rifle prior to shooting my handholds. First three shots were touching! Fluke I say. I went about shooting my 143ELD-X H1000 loads along with the 156 EOL hand loads. My results were pretty decent and certainly would work for hunting loads. After I was done and the barrel cooled I thought I would fling another 3 of the precision Hunter and wouldn't you know it all 3 were touching!!! I conformed the lot number and went back to the store and bought 4 more boxes. It is my Alaska rifle that stays there and I leave Wednesday so I had a time crunch anyway. Good enough.

 

[OG-danimal]

I’m using N560, shooting .3” at 100yds at 2900fps

 

[eye_zick]

Funny thing is I bought a box of Precision hunter to zero the rifle prior to shooting my handholds. First three shots were touching! Fluke I say. I went about shooting my 143ELD-X H1000 loads

how many grains?

 

[NevadaMike]

how many grains?

how many grains?

The precision hunter was 143 also. If you are asking about the powder I ran the full scale from the book for both H1000 and 4831SC.

 

[LJT]

My Christensen Mesa likes Retumbo with 156 Bergers

How fast you get?

 

[azsugarbear]

I have found that the 'heavies' do best with Retumbo and RL26 in my 6.5 PRC.

 

[Henson]

I am using H1000.

N565

 

[justin davis]

The 156’s don’t group that well in my tikka …

 

[jabot]

N565

.188 freebore
Jumping 105 thousandths

Adg brass and hornady
Same results in group size , numbers are slightly better in adg

 

[justin davis]

The 156’s don’t group that well in my tikka …

Well I finally got them to shoot good. I cleaned my barrel and the 156’s are shooting well

 

[WVELK]

Find some Reloder 26.



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He will have a better chance of figuring out how the pyramids were built lol

 

[WVELK]

I will not say my gun will not shoot them, but it did not like them with N565 powder.
Will try another powder. For now the gun is loving N565 and Hornady ELD X 143s

 

[UKwildcatfan]

Anyone try the 153.5s?