6mm Berger 105 VLD load

[whopperstopper]

Opinions on a good load for a 6mm Berger 105grn VLD shooting thru a Kimber 1:9 twist.

[mountainam]

Perhaps you should actually contact Berger. That bullet may not be recomended for a 1:9 twist. It may need 1:8. They will surely know. Good Luck!

[Richard]

First off, you never mentioned what chartridge was pushing this bullet??? It may or may not stablaize. In warm weather it might be ok depending on the speed? In cold weather it probably will not. You might be better off with the 95 VLD. The 88 gr. LD's should be a very accurate bullet in a 1 - 9.
If your using a .243 or 6mm Rem. and pushing it in the 3300 range, it might work. With the 6mm Br at 2900 - 3000 it might not?
Richard

[dannoboone]

VLD's can certainly be tricky to get to shoot accurately. The 168gr in 7mm will stabilize in my
7mm WSM but not accurately (still gotta work on those to find a sweet spot), while the 140gr
will get 3/4" groups when placing the bullets right at the lands.

I have yet to get the right combination in the .25-06 for repeatable accuracy with the 115gr
VLD's. Wish they made bullets in the 105gr range for a .257 1:10 barrel.

I haven't tried the VLD's in my new .243 1:9.25 barrel, but the 105gr V-Max shows promise of
very good groups at just under 3000fps.

[herman]

I could not get the berger 105 to shoot in my ruger with 1:9 twist but went to the range this morning and tried some different loads in my 6BRX and 243.
The 105 a-max shoot pretty good for me this morning and the 95 gr berger shot pretty good.I listed the loads on the target incase you wanted to try any of them.
The 85 gr sierra is a very good deer bullet I use those in my Rem 243 with 9 1/8 twist.Have killed several out past 300 yds with this bullet.
The 105 a-max I shot this morning was mollyed but will try the plain one soon as I can find some.Seems like no one has them now.I didn't get the amount in the pic on the right with the 95 berg It is 43.7 grains.Allways work up anyhow.

[whelenman]

In my 6BRX I've had better luck with the 108 than with the 105 VLD but that may just be me and my rifle combo. Have you looked at the following information...assuming that you're talking about a 6BR.
www.6mmbr.com/6mmbr.html

[herman]

He said he was shooting a kimber in 1:9 twist.So I am assuming he was talking about a 243.
He would need at least a 1:8.5 to shoot the 105 bergers in a 6BRX
On their label it says 1:8 or faster for them.
But the a-max says 1:9 or faster.
Hope he post his results when he gets some a-maxes,they are still very hard to get.
They are still doing great in my ruger.

[brute]

Berger is making a new 87gr. 6mm VLD designed for 1-9 to 1-10 twist

[tcmech]

I don't think you are going to get 105 gr bullets travelling at 3300fps out of a 243. I have managed to get 95gr bullets to clock in at 3100fps with the h100v powder, but that was with a max load and showed minor primer flattening. This was out of my savage 243.

Jul 6, 2010 20:06:48 GMT -5 Richard said:

First off, you never mentioned what chartridge was pushing this bullet??? It may or may not stablaize. In warm weather it might be ok depending on the speed? In cold weather it probably will not. You might be better off with the 95 VLD. The 88 gr. LD's should be a very accurate bullet in a 1 - 9.
If your using a .243 or 6mm Rem. and pushing it in the 3300 range, it might work. With the 6mm Br at 2900 - 3000 it might not?
Richard