Hunting bullet vs vld style hunting bullets

[Hammer101st]

Throating it for both is bullet and neck length dependent. That question can't really be aswered without more info...or guessing.

I pretty much jam all of my bullets to some degree. On hunting rifles, I want it to be light enough that I can extract a loaded round without worrying about pulling the bullet and dumping powder everywhere. Tangent ogive bullets are less seating depth sensitive, IME. Many of the vld style are either a secant or hybrid ogive. The hybrids typically shoot and tune more like a tangent bullet.

Berger hunting bullets are very good but they do seem to expand pretty rapidly. I prefer a bullet that expends a lot of energy inside but always exits, for a very good blood trail iwhen, not if, needed. I had a custom 260 Rem that I built several years ago that was an absolute laser with 130gr berger HVLD bullets but that bullet, at 260 speeds, came apart too much inside of about 300 or so yards. It worked but I already stated my goal for a good hunting bullet...good expansion and as close as possible to 100% pass throughs. Lots of bullets kill just fine without either but that's what I want from a hunting bullet...and of course good to excellent hunting accuracy, too. I recently buily myself a nice 7mm-08 and shoot 168 bergers in it but there's a big difference between how it needs to be throated for say the 168 classic hunter vs the 168 HVLD. I forget the actual numbers but enough to make it hard to be near optimal for both, so picking one and setting up around it is what you have to do at times. A longer neck makes any cartridge more forgiving in this regard, fwiw.

There's a point of diminishing returns that has to be tested to know but I put accuracy first, as long as I'm dealing with known good hunting bullets. Ya gotta hit him good first, right?

But then, to get better answers, a better asked question might help to narrow things down better for you and you'll very likely get better answers. Lots of good people here and lots of experience, which I assume is what you're here for. So take advantage of the good people that are willing to help by not criticizing them for trying to do what you asked for, and lets go from there.

BTW, by your screen name it looks like you might've served time in the military, not far from me. So, thank you for your service, sir!

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[gunsandgunsmithing]

Thank you for your feed back and yes 4 years at the one and only home of the screamin eagle"s

I'm about 45 minutes east of Ft Campbell, in Ky. I'm also in a pretty busy flyway, seeing lots of miliary birds go overhead all the time. The only issue is I seldom see the really cool stuff here. Lots of helos and an occasional cargo plane. Thanks again though!

 

[Hammer101st]

I'm about 45 minutes east of Ft Campbell, in Ky. I'm also in a pretty busy flyway, seeing lots of miliary birds go overhead all the time. The only issue is I seldom see the really cool stuff here. Lots of helos and an occasional cargo plane. Thanks again though!

Some of the best sleep i ever got was on a bird