FINALLY GOT BERGER VLD SUB MOA ON THE AR 10

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12 years 10 months ago #10595 by recarga
FINALLY GOT BERGER VLD SUB MOA ON THE AR 10 was created by recarga
Brothers

Little update on reloading berger bullets for the AR10
As you know berger VLD do not like jump to the lands
Only jamming to the lands ,
I have found the solution for MY RIFLE as you know every
RIFLE is different .

I found that using 155gr of Berger VLD (hunting Orange box )
I'm not a reloader expert but my understanding of the reason
Why they don't like a jump is because they are long . So the need
A good pressure burning on the start. So I got a lee factory crimp
Die and so far its got me on the 0.60" ,

The A-MAX from hornady shoot at 0.45 to 0.30 and my next test will
Be trying different crimp from lite to heavy on the Berger .

I'll put some pictures later today.

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12 years 10 months ago #10600 by CavScout62
Replied by CavScout62 on topic Re: FINALLY GOT BERGER VLD SUB MOA ON THE AR 10
You are aware Brother that with our rifles we must maintain a slight jump to the lands in order to keep pressures in the safe zone aren't you? Just checking as I don't want anyone to destroy a rifle or get injured.

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12 years 10 months ago #10635 by recarga
Replied by recarga on topic Re: FINALLY GOT BERGER VLD SUB MOA ON THE AR 10
I'm seating the bullets to MAG length this should give me a jump. I did measure my chamber and I'm .50 of the lands.

I'm new to this rifles that is a good thing to learn because I've thought about seating some closer to the lands and single feed. Thanks for the info this ain't a cheap GUN I traded two rifles for this toy I sure don't want to mess it up..

I'm only doing the factory lee crimp to gain more accuracy.

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12 years 10 months ago #10636 by CavScout62
Replied by CavScout62 on topic Re: FINALLY GOT BERGER VLD SUB MOA ON THE AR 10
Roger that on the Magazine length and the Lee Crimp die. I do exactly the same thing. I have had great accuracy with all the SMK's, 155Palma, 168 & 175 using the same parameters you are using. Glad for the info on the Berger's, I have wondered about them for my AR-10 but have hesitated due to thier high price. Can you list Brass, Primer, and Powder for me so I'll have a note for my logbook?

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12 years 10 months ago #10639 by recarga
Replied by recarga on topic Re: FINALLY GOT BERGER VLD SUB MOA ON THE AR 10
Sure

This is the same load for the Berger VLD I couldn't load the pic for berger but this is the same.

This A-MAX also did pretty good

Viht N140
Federal MATCH primers
Lapua brass (worth the extra bucks , really tuff brass )
COAL FOR BERGER MAG LENGTH.

#2&#3 WERE WITH LEE FACTORY CRIMP
3 shoot group @100yards
After this test will move to 200 yards and check how they do

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12 years 10 months ago #10645 by CavScout62
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Todo Frio! & Thanks for the info.

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