Berger Match Grade 73 gr .22 Cal BT Target Bullets 1000 ct

Description

Berger's Match Grade 73 grain .22 Cal BT Target bullet is one of those projectiles that earns its spot on the loading bench through consistency. Built on a .224 diameter boat tail with a tangent ogive, it's designed to be forgiving to load and tune while delivering the kind of accuracy serious target shooters chase. The tangent ogive is the big story here since it makes seating depth less finicky than a secant design, so you spend less time chasing nodes and more time making hits.

What Sets the 73 gr BT Target Apart

Every one of these bullets is formed around a J4 Precision Jacket, which Berger holds to extremely tight runout tolerances for balance at high RPM. That concentricity is what keeps groups tight when the bullet is spinning tens of thousands of times per second down range. You get a G1 ballistic coefficient of 0.348 and a G7 of 0.178, with a sectional density of 0.208 and an overall length right around 0.963 inches. Those numbers add up to a bullet that bucks wind well and holds its line past mid-range distances, commonly out to 600 yards and beyond.

Barrel Twist and Platform Fit for the Berger 73 gr BT Target

To stabilize this 73 grain projectile you'll want a minimum twist rate of 1:9 inches or faster. Faster twists like 1:8 or 1:7 handle it without any trouble, which makes it right at home in modern AR-15 barrels as well as bolt action rifles chambered in rounds like .223 Rem, .22 Creedmoor, and .224 Valkyrie. One of the nice things about the boat tail target profile is that it feeds reliably through magazines, so you aren't limited to single-feeding for accuracy.

Loading the 73 gr BT Target

Because this is a component bullet, you're supplying your own brass, powder, and primers and tailoring the load to your rifle. Reloaders appreciate that the forgiving ogive shortens load development, and the wide range of published data across .22 caliber cartridges gives you plenty of starting points to work from.