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Posted: 3/9/2010 8:38:45 AM EDT
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Back in October a buddy and I split a box of 7mm 168 grain Berger hunting VLD's in the orange box. We loaded some rounds up for elk and made sure they were 1 MOA at 100 yards capable and didn't fine tune them. We both thought we will do it after elk season.
Fast Forward to today, I thought I'm gonna do these rounds up now. So as I'm gathering up my stuff to load I thought I'm gonna check one on the scale just to see if its still calibrated from earlier today. The bullet weighed 180 grains so i recalibrate the scale and put it on there again and it read the same 180. so i get out the box and check them all they all weigh 180 yet it says 168 grain on the box. My buddy bought this box brand new from a store, and i know he didn't mix componets as this is the first time either of us have used Berger bullets. I am going to call Berger in the morning and the store purchased from and see if i can get this straightened out. I will keep this updated with what i find out. |
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Back in October a buddy and I split a box of 7mm 168 grain Berger hunting VLD's in the orange box. We loaded some rounds up for elk and made sure they were 1 MOA at 100 yards capable and didn't fine tune them. We both thought we will do it after elk season. Fast Forward to today, I thought I'm gonna do these rounds up now. So as I'm gathering up my stuff to load I thought I'm gonna check one on the scale just to see if its still calibrated from earlier today. The bullet weighed 180 grains so i recalibrate the scale and put it on there again and it read the same 180. so i get out the box and check them all they all weigh 180 yet it says 168 grain on the box. My buddy bought this box brand new from a store, and i know he didn't mix componets as this is the first time either of us have used Berger bullets. I am going to call Berger in the morning and the store purchased from and see if i can get this straightened out. I will keep this updated with what i find out. Sir, FWIW I'm interested in what Berger tells you. I've reloaded a ton of Berger bullets for use in competition and am quite pleased with the precision of their products. I just bought 1K of their 6.5mm VLDs for the 260 I'm building and I expect the same high quality as I've experienced with other calibers. Let us know what they say. 7zero1 out. |
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Well i spoke with the CS at Berger and they said they will send out a box to replace the one I have, and they want me to ship wrong box back to them.
Problem is they arent sure when i will be able to get them as they are rebuilding the jacket machines right now. I am glad they took care of the problem and the lady on ther other end of the line was very happy to help. I Also contacted the store and let them know the situtaion and they said they would check it out to see if they had any of the same lot # of bullets that i had. |
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It happens. I had similar situation with SMK 175's in an M14. They were 180's or 190's, can't remember which. Found out when I was pulling due to poor performance. Didn't break a thing. Gotta love SA M14's. Never had a problem since.
Berger makes good stuff. I've not used the hunting bullets 458 |
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