11-06-2017, 04:20 AM
StoneHendge Wrote:What sort of velocity do you get out of 87s? I'm getting all drooly thinking about the amount of terror I'm going to be able to rain down upon dog town from afar out of my 26" on order with the Berger 88 gr High BC FB Varminter.
Oh ya these are a pdogs nightmare! And you won't torch your barrel out too fast! 28.6 gr of 8208 behind the 87 vmax nets 3020 iirc from my 22" BHW 243lbc. I don't think I lose too much with the 20" ARP but can't really prove it. I stuck with the 70's in it for coyotes this winter.
A couple weeks ago I took a couple from Denmark out to shoot pdogs and set them up with the 243lbc. In a 15 mph cross wind they scored hits at 350 yds with those 87 vmax's. And that barrel has roughly 1600 rounds and still looks very good in the bore scope.
IMO this is the best AR round I've come across. And I've tried a bunch of them. Let's see, 223, 223AI, 6x45, 25 wssm, 243 wssm (laser like, awesome), 22 Nosler, Grendel, 204, 20P, 17-223, 243 win, 260, 300 Saum, and I probably forgot something. I still have some, some I shot out, some I was unimpressed with for various reasons. But with 6mm bullet selection, a case that barely uses more powder than a 223, and yet gets performance close to the 243 Win ar10 with twice the barrel life, it's a winner.