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.25 Bullberry

Warning! Notes: Test pistol was a T/C Contender frame equipped with a 15-inch Bullberry barrel and a Leupold 4x EER scope. All velocities are for five-shot strings measured at 15 feet with an Oehler Model 33 Chronotach, converted to muzzle velocity. All groups represent five shots at 100 yards. Except where noted, all loads were in re-formed Federal .30-30 cases with F210M primers. Ambient temperatures ranged from 15 to 40 degrees F. (Handloader Issue 142)

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Wt.	Bullet	Powder Manufacturer	Powder	Charge	Velocity (FPS)
60	Hornady flatnose	Hodgdon	H-322	Subscribe	2,795
Remarks: group: MOA .76; moderate
60	Hornady flatnose	Hodgdon	H-322	Subscribe	3,036
Remarks: group: MOA .95; maximum
60	Hornady flatnose	Hodgdon	H-4895	Subscribe	3,196
Remarks: group: MOA 1.00; maximum
75	Hornady hollowpoint	IMR	IMR-4320	Subscribe	2,821
Remarks: group: MOA .44; maximum
75	Hornady hollowpoint	Hodgdon	H-4895	Subscribe	2,993
Remarks: group: MOA 1.57; maximum, flattest shooting load
75	Hornady hollowpoint	Winchester	W-748	Subscribe	2,905
Remarks: group: MOA .81; near maximum
87	Speer softpoint	Hodgdon	H-322	Subscribe	2,424
Remarks: group: MOA 1.19; fireforming load
87	Speer softpoint	IMR	IMR-4064	Subscribe	2,689
Remarks: group: MOA 1.75; maximum
87	Speer softpoint	Winchester	W-748	Subscribe	2,598
Remarks: group: MOA 1.24; mild
87	Speer softpoint	Winchester	W-748	Subscribe	2,682
Remarks: group: MOA 1.38; warm
100	Nosler Ballistic Tip	Winchester	W-748	Subscribe	2,537
Remarks: group: MOA 1.16; maximum deer load
100	Nosler Ballistic Tip	Hodgdon	H-322	Subscribe	2,469
Remarks: group: MOA .83; warm
100	Nosler Ballistic Tip	Hodgdon	H-4895	Subscribe	2,619
Remarks: group: MOA 1.24; maximum
100	Nosler Ballistic Tip	IMR	IMR-4320	Subscribe	2,581
Remarks: group: MOA .83; maximum
100	Nosler Ballistic Tip	IMR	IMR-4064	Subscribe	2,470
Remarks: group: MOA .71; moderate
100	Nosler Ballistic Tip	Winchester	W-748	Subscribe	2,390
Remarks: group: MOA .65; mild
100	Nosler Ballistic Tip	Winchester	W-748	Subscribe	2,437
Remarks: group: MOA .60
100	Nosler Ballistic Tip	Winchester	W-748	Subscribe	2,444
Remarks: group: MOA 1.90; WW cases
100	Nosler Ballistic Tip	Winchester	W-748	Subscribe	2,481
Remarks: group: MOA .81; near maximum
117	Hornady roundnose	IMR	IMR-3031	Subscribe	1,969
Remarks: group: MOA 1.75; mild
117	Hornady roundnose	Winchester	W-748	Subscribe	2,104
Remarks: group: MOA 1.54; short-range deer load
120	Speer boat-tail	Alliant	RL-7	Subscribe	2,032
Remarks: group: MOA 1.76; mild
120	Speer boat-tail	Hodgdon	H-322	Subscribe	1,989
Remarks: group: MOA .89; fireforming load
120	Speer boat-tail	IMR	IMR-3031	Subscribe	2,039
Remarks: group: MOA .92
120	Speer boat-tail	IMR	IMR-4064	Subscribe	1,899
Remarks: group: MOA 4.40; severe stringing
120	Speer boat-tail	IMR	IMR-4320	Subscribe	2,208
Remarks: group: MOA .98
120	Speer boat-tail	Winchester	W-748	Subscribe	2,178
Remarks: group: MOA .56; shoot-off load
120	Speer boat-tail	Winchester	W-748	Subscribe	2,249
Remarks: group: MOA 1.55; near maximum
120	Nosler Solid Base	IMR	IMR-4320	Subscribe	2,185
Remarks: group: MOA 1.90
120	Nosler Solid Base	IMR	IMR-4320	Subscribe	2,290
Remarks: group: MOA 1.14; maximum
120	Nosler Solid Base	Hodgdon	H-4895	Subscribe	2,339
Remarks: group: MOA 1.43; maximum
120	Nosler Solid Base	IMR	IMR-4064	Subscribe	2,331
Remarks: group: MOA 1.38
120	Nosler Solid Base	Winchester	W-748	Subscribe	2,263
Remarks: group: MOA 1.48; WW cases
120	Nosler Solid Base	Winchester	W-748	Subscribe	2,213
Remarks: group: MOA 2.29; bullet not stable
120	Nosler Solid Base	Winchester	W-748	Subscribe	2,281
Remarks: group: MOA 2.71; maximum