Thread: Any 284 shooters have used 168gr bergers

Originally Posted by Gerardo

To the 284 brethren,

I put the Berger 168s hybrids to the test.
25.5 inch barrel, 8.5 twist
Lapua 6.5 necked up
Fed match primer
15 thou off the lands
57.5 gr RL26
SD 7
3000ish ft/s (can't quite remember exact number as notebook not with me)
All touching.

180ELDMs are next, if anyone has some guidance for those?

Ive been playing with 180gr eld-m's in my 22"barreled 284.

Im at 57gr of re26 for 2840 fps. I laddered up to 58.5gr which gave 2906 fps and i got the click at the top of the bolt lift and a very flat primer.

My barrel has a very long throat so im running a pretty long cartridge length. Start a few grains less