Bergers are money in the bank and simply eliminate a lot of issues.
I do shoot the 6.5 Caliber 129 and 142g LRAB, 7mm 175g LRAB, and 30 cal 168g LRAB. I sort all the bullets by ogive length, and found a great node with the bullet barely kissing the lands with all four of the above bullets. I could not get the 7mm 150g LRAB to shoot to my satisfaction in a 7 ReM mag.
I have had great luck over the years with most cup and core bullets on deer with a couple of exceptions, the 270 Win in 130g SST and the 308 Win in 150g SST. Now, going Heavy for Caliber with the SST has proven a wise theory.
I have killed a lot of white tails with the 7 Rem Mag with 140g Nosler ballistic tips fired at 3250 fps. In fact, I killed two bull elk with the old 140g Nosler ballistic tip. Only a fool does not pick his shot when shooting a ballistic tip of any brand.
With the bean counters running NON family owned businesses, Covid, labor shortages, the quality of bullets of any brand has suffered. One lot # of bullets can vary from another lot number, and some lot # give fits in trying to get to shoot well.
Bullets varying by over .020 over a box will be difficult to tune.
Heavy for caliber Bergers are money in the bank when it comes to saving you headaches in finding a load tune, and the issue becomes finding enough bullets of the same lot#. Going from one lot# to another Lot # can be a real pain in the *** as Ogive lengths can vary tremendously.
I learned to Hedge my Bets, If you like a particular bullet, it is prudent to buy 5-10 boxes at the same time, and hope that you get the same lot#. If your barrel does not like the bullet, sell them off.
I have often wondered if the guys setting up dies for the bullet making machines go out and smoke a joint on break. It is not hard to get a particular ogive length when setting up a point up die. The point is, the companies do not even try to achieve any kind of uniform ogive length from lot to lot. In fact, they may have multiple machines running the same bullet, with bullets from all machines mixed in the same Lot#.