Different BCs with berger 105s?

[deadlyswift]

I was looking on Berger's website at the different 105 bullets. I'm confused & surprised a little on the different BCs they have listed.

105 hunting vld is listed with a G1 of .532 and G7 of .272

105 vld target BT match bulllet is G1, .493 & G7 .253

105 vld match is listed with a G1 .493 but a G7 of .251

It appears that the hunting bullet has the highest BC of them all. I was under the impression that the 105 vld match bullet was the best 105? Nothing that I have been told. Just one of those assumptions. I'm also surprised that the 105 match BT bullet has a bit higher G7 than the 105 vld match bullet. I am really surprise as to how much higher the BC is on the hunting bullet than the target bullets. The 105 vld match BT,and the vld match bullet do not have that much higher of a BC than the 95gr vlds witch is .486. So going from what is writen on paper as to BC what is the reality of the best 105gr bergers? As to real life accuracy in your experenice? Looking to shoot one of the 105s in comp out of my 6br. 600yrd will be my main choice for the 6br, but I will have to shoot it at 1000yrds until I can get my two other barrels in from Broughton, so I can have them chambered for the 6brx, or the dasher. My main concern here is to pick the best 105 bullet for my 6br. I want all my bullets from the same lot so I will probably order them in a qnty. of 1500 or 2000.
Thanks
Mark

 

[762willdo]

There are many threads on this subject, its due to some changes berger made, if you want the higher BC it is still available on the 105 "hunting" VLD.

 

[dreever]

Due to the thicker jackets on the Match VLD Berger had to open up the meplat, thus the lower BC. They went with the thicker jackets to reduce/eliminate the bullets blowing up at the higher velocities some guys are running. If you are running speeds below 3000 fps just go with the thinner jacket hunting VLD. In your 6BR you won't have to worry about the bullets coming apart. I use nothing but the orange box hunting VLD's in my 6BR's.

Danny

 

[TonyR]

I read the same explaination as Danny about the lower BC. I also heard that they anticipated many target shooters meplat trimming and pointing the target bullets which would increase the BC, perhaps back to the BC of the "hunting" bullets. Has anyone done any testing with trimmed and pointed "Target" VLDs compared to the same bullet and/or the "Hunting" VLDs out of the box?

 

[deadlyswift]

I think I may try and land 5k hunting 105 vlds! At least I'll have enough for the life of my 6br barrel, as well a few left for my 6brx or dasher witch ever one I go with! Thanks for the reply's. Guess I missed the change over from berger, but got caught up with things in a hurry if you know what I mean!

Again Thanks!
Mark