Consensus on 156 Berger’s?

[missjordan]

I like Berger bullets and don’t ever see myself switching to anything different. The 156’s performed great on a mule deer buck i shot last year


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[mxgsfmdpx]

Anyone have some of their 6.5 PRC loads they want to share with these 156's. I am going to be pushing them out of an 18." Hoping for atleast 2900, but know that might be a challenge @ 18".

I’ll let you know. They will be on the menu for a suppressed 16” barrel soon.

 

[zrodwyo]

shot a cow elk at 400 yards this morning with the 156 going 2,800 fps at the muzzle. Punched a fist size hole in and out. Took off a chunk of the heart.

 

[7SAUM-J]

I've got the 156's going 2723fps in a 22" Proof 6.5 CM barrel. The savage 110 ultralite has a very long magazine which is allowing me run these at a very long coal. 2.930" if I remember correct.

 

[acochran]

The data for the 156's success is overwhelming at this point, but I figured I would still add another experience. Shot this aoudad right through top of the shoulder and dumped him. Massive internal bleeding and damage - sorry, didn't get pictures. No exit. Impact velocity 2735 fps.

 

[huntnful]

The data for the 156's success is overwhelming at this point, but I figured I would still add another experience. Shot this aoudad right through top of the shoulder and dumped him. Massive internal bleeding and damage - sorry, didn't get pictures. No exit. Impact velocity 2735 fps.

Keep the data coming! Awesome video also. What cartridge/setup are you shooting? Gun barely budged at the shot.

 

[acochran]

Keep the data coming! Awesome video also. What cartridge/setup are you shooting? Gun barely budged at the shot.

6.5 PRC in a short action with N565 and Lapua brass. XLR Element, Lone Peak steel split rail, 24” Benchmark carbon, SRS Ti 5 port, NX8 2.5-20 SFP. I prefer hunting suppressed, but it’s extremely tame with the brake.

 

[huntnful]

6.5 PRC in a short action with N565 and Lapua brass. XLR Element, Lone Peak steel split rail, 24” Benchmark carbon, SRS Ti 5 port, NX8 2.5-20 SFP. I prefer hunting suppressed, but it’s extremely tame with the brake.

Sounds like a really nice setup dude. Thank you for sharing! Yeah the SRS muzzle brakes work insanely well.

 

[DroptineNW]

6.5 PRC in a short action with N565 and Lapua brass. XLR Element, Lone Peak steel split rail, 24” Benchmark carbon, SRS Ti 5 port, NX8 2.5-20 SFP. I prefer hunting suppressed, but it’s extremely tame with the brake.

What speeds are you getting? Muzzle

 

[acochran]

What speeds are you getting? Muzzle

2950ish. I could probably get another 25-50 fps if I wanted to really step on it. But it shoots great where it’s at.

 

[DroptineNW]

2950ish. I could probably get another 25-50 fps if I wanted to really step on it. But it shoots great where it’s at.

Thank ya! Yeah I was guessing around that speed. Similar setup I got and was gonna try that bullet on it.

 

[Dirty30]

At what speeds would a guy be better off to drop to the 140 Elites? Is there a trade off at some point? Is the 140 going 3100 going to upset better then say a 156 going 2800? Just curious

 

[huntnful]

At what speeds would a guy be better off to drop to the 140 Elites? Is there a trade off at some point? Is the 140 going 3100 going to upset better then say a 156 going 2800? Just curious

I only saw about a 120-150fps difference between the 140’s and 156’s. I think it’s mostly a wash until you get out to very long distances. I would just pick whatever shoots better. Plenty of great terminal performance info for each bullet to be confident hunting with either one.

 

[mudslinger021485]

At what speeds would a guy be better off to drop to the 140 Elites? Is there a trade off at some point? Is the 140 going 3100 going to upset better then say a 156 going 2800? Just curious

Due to the difference in BC between the 2, you need the 140s to be going roughly 200fps faster than the 156s to equal the same effective distance. Those are rough numbers I ran a few months ago on Strelok Pro.