Shooting Berger 185 Hybrids with a lot of jump

[6BRinNZ]

Hi
I want to shoot Berger 185s in the same barrel as Hornardy 200 elds.
What FB do you recommend for the hornardy 200s.
Will the Berger 185s shoot well with the larger jump for the freebore that the Hornardy 200s will need?
Thx

 

[D-4297]

Looking at the issue ; of shooting both bullets , My personal thought is to look at the Manson 2013 FTR Reamer . I load the Berger 185 Juggs at .005 off of touch , and still have plenty of room for the Berger 200.20X , also set at .005 off . The Hornady maybe a bit deep in the case , but that's a decision you have to make . I do understand the Hornady are longer , as I have some , but save them for my Mosin - Nagants with their exceedingly long chambers .

 

[Old Navy]

If you have both bullets you can measure the BTOs to see what the difference is. I have a .284 Match chamber. With the 180 Hybrids I am just above the neck/shoulder junction. I don't have a 200 to compare but I just measured a 175 ELD-X. The 175 BTO is .092" longer. Good luck.

 

[barefooter56]

Hi
I want to shoot Berger 185s in the same barrel as Hornardy 200 elds.
What FB do you recommend for the hornardy 200s.
Will the Berger 185s shoot well with the larger jump for the freebore that the Hornardy 200s will need?
Thx

If you are talking about the BERGER 185 Juggernauts. With the tangent ogive design. They shoul be very tolerant of jump in most cases!

 

[Alex Wheeler]

I jump them .070 with great results

 

[6BRinNZ]

If you are talking about the BERGER 185 Juggernauts. With the tangent ogive design. They shoul be very tolerant of jump in most cases!

Aah yes I should have clarified. These are Berger 185 hybrids.

 

[46and2]

I have one 300wm barrel that prefers .095" jump with 185 Hybrids.
My last 28 nosler and my new 28N barrel loves 175gr Elite Hunters at .095.

 

[barefooter56]

A general rule of thumb with the Berger Elite Hunter and Hybrid Target bullets is to start your bullet seating depth testing at .015" off the lands. Then you work back into the cartridge case in .015" increments (.015",.030", .045", .060"). When you find a bullet seating depth that shows promise, you can test .005" to either side of that CBTO if you wish to see if accuracy can be improved. All bullet seating depth testing is done using the starting powder charge!