Berger 6mm 90 gr hpbt terminal performance

[ATFIV]

Anyone have experience with terminal performance of the target 90 gr HPBT?

Loading them in an 8 twist 243 win for a friend and was curious.

 

[TTE]

What is the intended purpose of the above question ?

 

[barefooter56]

Anyone have experience with terminal performance of the target 90 gr HPBT?

Loading them in an 8 twist 243 win for a friend and was curious.

Optimal barrel twist rate for this bullet is 1-6. This bullet may not be stabilized with your 1-8 twist. Also this bullet is a target bullet and may not perform on game.

 

[6BRA]

Optimal barrel twist rate for this bullet is 1-6. This bullet may not be stabilized with your 1-8 twist. Also this bullet is a target bullet and may not perform on game.

1 in 10 works on the 90s..1 in 8 will be more than enough.

 

[bpd459]

I have a 22" 1-10" .243win that I load the B90gr for. I have shot coyotes out to 450yds with it and have never recovered a bullet. The dogs don't care for it either.
John

 

[RegionRat]

Optimal barrel twist rate for this bullet is 1-6. This bullet may not be stabilized with your 1-8 twist. Also this bullet is a target bullet and may not perform on game.

Hi Phil, check that. I think the value for a 90 hpbt shows pretty good at 1:8

Using the web site tool at lower than typical altitude and speed, it should be as follows at 1:8



Although I agree it isn't recommended on game, I'm pretty sure it is stable.

As for terminal performance, it pops vermin very well within 600 yards, but you have to watch for ricochets and backstop because it will typically pass through things like prairie dogs and continue to bounce and fly beyond. I ran some though 6 BR 1:8, so not 243 but similar.

Again, hard to predict the performance on something thicker like pigs or deer where I would use a hunting design.

 

[doctorh]

I would not recommend this bullet for deer size game. I have good performance on ground hogs and other varmints with my 6 creed. & 243 win.

 

[Idaho-Lefty]

The 87 grain, Hunting Berger, H-VLD, IS, a Deer "Killer" Supreme, in a 1-10 twist, .243 Win.
My 13 y/o grandson has bagged, 2 Big, Desert Muleys so far, with THIS Bullet !
Last Fall, he shot a HUGE, heavy Horned, 30+ inch, 4 x 5
His dad ( my son ) shot, a 5 Shot, .277 dia. ctr to ctr, Group, out of his, Factory Tikka with, this bullet !
Plumsak from Sask, Canada told me about, the Bullet, several years ago and,. IT's,.. truly Dynamite

 

[SmokinJoe]

In a 243 the 95 or 105 hunting bullet might be even better for deer.

 

[Walt Krafft]

I blew an armadillo to pieces a few weeks ago with one out of my 6XC.

 

[ATFIV]

I have a 22" 1-10" .243win that I load the B90gr for. I have shot coyotes out to 450yds with and have never recovered a bullet. The dogs don't care for it either.
John

Thanks that's exactly what I needed to know

 

[ATFIV]

I blew an armadillo to pieces a few weeks ago with one out of my 6XC.

Thank you sir

 

[ATFIV]

In a 243 the 95 or 105 hunting bullet might be even better for deer.

The 90gr sits just above the neck shoulder junction, just off the rifling, and inside the magazine

 

[bpd459]

Thanks that's exactly what I needed to know

I’ve shot them at 800yds, f class lr target, with a 100-7x once I got zeroed.

 

[Plumsask]

Optimal barrel twist rate for this bullet is 1-6. This bullet may not be stabilized with your 1-8 twist. Also this bullet is a target bullet and may not perform on game.

Pardon me? Berger says minimum 1:10, where do you get 1:6 from?

 

[ATFIV]

I'm guessing he's got 22 caliber 90 gr heavies on the brain.

 

[TTE]

IMO .... Berger's are NOT for hunting, Hornady's are (too) soft as well.

 

[Plumsask]

I'm guessing he's got 22 caliber 90 gr heavies on the brain.

Ahh yes, that would make more sense. I don't shoot anything with heavy 22 cal bullets so my mind didn't even go there.

 

[ATFIV]

IMO .... Berger's are NOT for hunting, Hornady's are (too) soft as well.

10-4
We tend to like the explosive action coyotes, pigs and occasional deer.

 

[6BRA]

Pardon me? Berger says minimum 1:10, where do you get 1:6 from?

Barefooter is BERGER...that's why we are baffled.