Thank you all for your help. Ill keep you posted on the results.
Stay safe
Stay safe
Or, go with the Berger 180 Hybrid target. Not near as finicky as the VLD
I was skeptical if I could stabilize the 180gr since Berger says 1:9 twist is optimal, I know not minimum but still. My Remington 700 has the 1:9.25
Alright so I went with 0.01 off the lands with RL23 and loaded up with 62.0gr, 62.5gr and 63.0gr.
62.0gr gave me the best group at 0 49" at 100 yds. 62.5gr opened up to 0.78" and 63.0gr opened up even more.
Now I will try the 61.0gr at 0.02, 0.03 and 0.04 and see what happens.
Thanks again everyone for all your advice and stay safe
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Off to a great start! Thank you for sharing your success. Let us know how you do on the seating depth. Have you checked your bullet stability on the Berger website to give you a better idea what it will do, especially at distance? Here's a link if your not familiar with it. Pretty neat tool I like to use.
Twist Rate Stability Calculator
Our newly updated Twist Rate Stability Calculator not only tells you what your SG is, but it also lets you know if you are reaching your optimized BC.bergerbullets.com
what kind of groups was this rifle shooting before trying the berger, looks like it is starting out good with it, I bet you can get it to close up with small powder changes, seating depth or a different primer good luck and keep us updated
In my 7mm LRM they like to be 40 off and I'm shooting IMR7977. Of course every barrel much less cartridge is going to vary. Good money says VLDs usually like to run real close or way off. I know you're looking to use RL23 but you might get more performance from RL26, if you can find it.I am going to try out this bullet in my 7mm Rem Mag with rome RL23 and I'm curious how far of the lands is best for it before I load up some rounds
TIA and stay safe
In my 7mm LRM they like to be 40 off and I'm shooting IMR7977. Of course every barrel much less cartridge is going to vary. Good money says VLDs usually like to run real close or way off. I know you're looking to use RL23 but you might get more performance from RL26, if you can find it.