preferred 105'ish pill

[wolfman]

A buddy has asked me to help him test out some new 6mm barrels that he's started making. Mine will be a 1-8" heavy varmint, spun onto a Barnard S and chambered in 6mm BR. I havn't done any work with the 6 BR, so I need guidance in choosing a bullet. Which of the 105-107 gr bullets is the easiest to make shoot? The whole point is to test the barrel, not my ability to tune a load. I'm leaning toward one of the 105 Bergers, but which one? BT, Hybrid, Hunting VLD?

 

[DJ111]

Berger 108 BT would be a good bet.

 

[jrm850]

In my rifle the 105 Hybrids and the 108s have been the most forgiving. Seating them +.010" seems to produce consistent results. It's not always the best seating depth but on average it produces pretty consistent results. I have a .237" Bartlien 8".

 

[FroggyOne2]

The Sierra 107's have always been a very happy bullet for me.

 

[mgx1138]

In my experience the 108 are the easiest to get to shoot well in the 6BR. Lots of good loads and seating length is not very critical. The 105 hybrids took a bit more time to tune, but they shoot extremely well and it's hard to argue with the high BC. I am shooting the 105 hybrid with RL-15 in both my 6BR and at 600 in my 6mmAR (across the course gun).

 

[6BRinNZ]

Berger 108 or Sierra 107...for your purposes Sierra would be cheaper.

 

[A j shooter]

A buddy has asked me to help him test out some new 6mm barrels that he's started making. Mine will be a 1-8" heavy varmint, spun onto a Barnard S and chambered in 6mm BR. I havn't done any work with the 6 BR, so I need guidance in choosing a bullet. Which of the 105-107 gr bullets is the easiest to make shoot? The whole point is to test the barrel, not my ability to tune a load. I'm leaning toward one of the 105 Bergers, but which one? BT, Hybrid, Hunting VLD?

any of those will shoot

 

[Justin1098]

In my limited experience, Sierra 107's are super easy to get to shoot well and seating depth doesn't matter very much. Berger 108's haven't worked so good for me. 105 hybrids are not as insensitive to seating depth as Berger claims.

 

[wolfman]

thanks guys. My hesitation with the SMK's is sorting. I'd much rather open a box and laod them, rather than sort first. Of course the other issue is availability- I should probably see what I can lay my hands on first!

 

[FroggyOne2]

For six hundred yards and in, there really isn't much need to sort except to weight sort is all. And you should be doing that with just about any bullet shot from 600 yards and further out.

 

[6BRinNZ]

thanks guys. My hesitation with the SMK's is sorting. I'd much rather open a box and laod them, rather than sort first. Of course the other issue is availability- I should probably see what I can lay my hands on first!

IMO - I think you can do this - more so since you aren't going to extract every last bit of accuracy and consistency out of the load. For instance I don't see much point in sorting bullets if you are running highish ES/SD numbers because the load isn't tuned quite right.

For outright accuracy (at short range) I think the berger 80grn is/was a go to bullet (not sure if that is still available)...even in an 8tw you will get very small groups with it relatively easy.

All depends on what you are looking for. I'm guessing the barrel will have a borescope up it more often than a bullet ...once you are shooting .5 moa or less.

Good luck...sounds like fun

 

[1shot]

For a "no sort" bullet for 600 or less, either the 105 JLK or several of Don Lahr's bullets will out perform the shooter most of the time.
I hope this helps,
Lloyd

 

[Hunter2678]

any of the berger 105 shoot lights out in my gun w 5 to 10 thou jam. the sierra 107s shoot great too with 5 thous jump to just touching lands

 

[fdshuster]

The plain vanilla 105 Berger #24428 has been a top performer in all 4 of my 8 twist 6BR chamberings.