In the past two boxes of Berger 6.5mm 140g Hybrids I have opened, I have found a couple of steel 3mm shot. Just curious if anyone else is finding these little guys mixed with the bullets.
3mm steel shot mixed in with Berger Bullets?
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What are they in there for? I have shot tons of Berger bullets and just now am finding them.
The bullets are tumbled with aggregate of some description, maybe Berger use steel shot as the final step?
Just as a side note, I purchased several boxes of Nosler 6.5mm 140gr Accubonds, every box was short 4 bullets, yet contained 2 338 225gr Accubonds as well?
The things that get past QC has me baffled many times.
Cheers.
Just as a side note, I purchased several boxes of Nosler 6.5mm 140gr Accubonds, every box was short 4 bullets, yet contained 2 338 225gr Accubonds as well?
The things that get past QC has me baffled many times.
Cheers.
I wondered if it might be tumbling media. Looks like I would have found some long before this as many of their bullets as I have loaded! Oh well....just curious.The bullets are tumbled with aggregate of some description, maybe Berger use steel shot as the final step?
Just as a side note, I purchased several boxes of Nosler 6.5mm 140gr Accubonds, every box was short 4 bullets, yet contained 2 338 225gr Accubonds as well?
The things that get past QC has me baffled many times.
Cheers.
shoot4fun
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They are Match Grade VLD BB's.
Those are bogon attractors, for barrel break-in. A lot of people are practically religious about removing copper during barrel break-in procedures, but almost no one remove bogons, which typically results in a ruined barrel. Berger is aware of these, and so they package some bogon attractors in the boxes, for those in the know.
What you want to do is shoot one, then clean the barrel for about 20 minutes. Once the patch is coming out clean when viewed under a 300X microscope, you carefully roll one (note, JUST ONE; this is ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL) bogon attractor down it, breach to muzzle, at a precise angle of 16.52 degrees.
The bogon attractor will suck all the bogons out of the barrel, then you're good to go. All the BR guys are doing this now, I hear.
What you want to do is shoot one, then clean the barrel for about 20 minutes. Once the patch is coming out clean when viewed under a 300X microscope, you carefully roll one (note, JUST ONE; this is ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL) bogon attractor down it, breach to muzzle, at a precise angle of 16.52 degrees.
The bogon attractor will suck all the bogons out of the barrel, then you're good to go. All the BR guys are doing this now, I hear.
And you got them for free, most people have to trade the family cow for those things.
Medic505
Gold $$ Contributor
Dang, you beat me to it. Never fails, I come up with a wize azz answer and some other wize azz beats me to it.
long40shot
Gold $$ Contributor
I figure they are kind of like the crunchies in the bottom of your Long John Silvers chicken plank boat.
I've seen a few of those steel balls, but I also found two 105gr VLDs in my last batch of 105gr Hybrids.
Stop spreading bogus information on bogon attractors, this is not how it works.
You are supposed to roll them along the inside of the rifling touching the lands and the rifling at the same time. 21st century makes a great pilot and bushing for moving it along the barrel length without losing contact.
The are sent so you can check the carbon build up in your air rifles smile Larry
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