Berry’s Plated Rifle Bullets

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steve4102

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Specifically their 123gr .311 x39 bullets.

They claim that they can be launched safely and accurately up to 2400fps.

I loaded several rounds with three different powders, CFE BLK, 1680, Blackout and 2200.

According to Hodgdon the “start” charge should be around 2200-2300fps.

These loads, all of them averaged 1-2 foot groups at 50 yards.

I dropped the Blackout charge to 19gr at 1900+ fps and my groups went from 1-2 feet to 1-1/2 inches at 50 yards.

Anyone have any luck shooting these plated bullets past 2000fps?
 
It depends on your barrel length and rifling twist. What limits them is the number of RPMs they are subjected to. If your twist is faster than the one they used to determine their speed number, that can do it. Too much spin, and I believe they distort.
 
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I have not shot the .311 bullets, but have a bunch of the 55 gr/.224 bullets loaded and have shot some for group at 100 yd from an AR pattern carbine with satisfactory results for plinking, ie seems they ran 2-3 moa. I would have to check the specific load data, but
use CFR223 in my AR reloads, and all my AR ammo is loaded full power.
 
more......I thought so

Ya'know, ..........I thought the .224 bullets were jacketed.......and they are.

Sorry for the confusion
 
Hmm, do I have any data for those bullets...I have two.
125gr Berrys Flat Point, on top of 28gr AA#1680, COAL 2.17, Average 2387.3 feet per second/34.89 standard deviation. Far too hot, bullets disintegrated in flight.
125gr Berrys flat point, atop 25.5gr AA#1680, COAL 2.17, average 2270 feet per second/45.62 standard deviation. Primer Rem 9.5. Only notes I have left on this one, is just, "Good".
Rifles used, CZ 527M and CzechpointUSA vz-58.
Plated bullets should not be driven too fast, they will disintegrate.
 
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