Federal is jumping on the PRS wangon

[kombayotch]

New Gold Medal Match ammo with Berger bullets:
http://www.federalpremium.com/ammunition/rifle/family/gold-medal/gold-medal-berger/

GOLD MEDAL BERGER®

The most sought-after bullets among competitors on the Precision Rifle Series are now loaded into the industry's most trusted factory rifle ammunition. Gold Medal® Berger® loads feature an advanced boat-tail bullet with a high ballistic coefficient to provide the flattest trajectories, less wind drift and surgical long-range accuracy. To get the most performance out of the bullet designs, these loads use Gold Medal match primers, Federal® brass and specially formulated propellant, and they adhere to Federal Premium’s strictest specifications for accuracy, pressure and velocity.

GM223BH73 - 223 Rem. 73gr. 2800 fps.
GM65GDLBH130 - 6.5 Grendel 130gr. 2400 fps.
GM65CRDBH130 - 6.5 Creedmoor 130gr. 2875 fps.
GM308BH185 - 308 Win. 185gr. 2600 fps.

Unfortunately, the PRS put a weight limit on Tactical Division, so thier 185 can only be used in Open Division

 

[Max Owner]

No 260.....

 

[kombayotch]

260 is pretty much dead, especially now that Lapua is offering 6.5 Creedmoor brass. 6.5 Creedmoor is the 6.5mm cartridge rifle manufacturers are flocking to.

 

[Mystic Precision]

Wait until Lapua integrates Berger into their ammo line up.... we might actually be entering an age where reloads provide specs we would actually want in precision shooting.

Happy times....

Jerry

 

[MartyK2500]

Saw that ammo box on MDT's facebook, the picture on ammo box is featuring their cartridge!
btw what is the weight limit for .308 tactical division?

 

[scott_r]

Nice to see for those people who don't reload but I suspect the price will be stupid up here.

 

[kombayotch]

btw what is the weight limit for .308 tactical division?

From the rulebook:

2.2 Bolt Gun - Tactical Division
Allows competitors the opportunity to compete using traditional military and law enforcement calibers. This allows competitors to compete using similar calibers and promotes active duty military and law enforcement competitors use of their service issued rifles.
2.2.1 Tactical Division rifles are restricted to .308 Winchester and 5.56 NATO/.223 Remington calibers only.
2.2.1.1 NATO/.223 Remington has a bullet weight cap of 77 grains and muzzle velocity cannot exceed 3,000 fps.
2.2.1.2 7.62 NATO/.308 Winchester has a bullet weight cap of 178 grains and muzzle velocity cannot exceed 2,800 fps.
2.2.2 No modified wildcat rounds such as the .223 Ackley Improved are permitted to shoot in the Tactical Division. Anyone discovered violating this rule will receive an automatic Match DQ.
2.2.3 Tactical Division shooters will shoot the exact same COF as Open Division shooters.

 

[MartyK2500]

Nice!
I am reloading PRS legal without knowing, using 178gr Hornady BTHP match
During load development for accuracy, just need to keep within 2800fps now