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Morgun King Wins 2020 NRL Championships with Berger Bullets

Congratulations to Morgun King on being crowned the 2020 National Rifle League (NRL) Champion! Morgun, a member of Team MPA, attended the 2020 NRL Championships on May 1-2, 2021. The match took place in Earlsboro, OK, where shooters engaged targets from 300 to 1,200 yards, with the majority being between 400-880 yards. Not only was the top shooter that weekend, but Morgun also came away on top in the 2020 NRL points race! Morgun shared with us, “Over the past 12-months, I’ve won a total of nine PRS/NRL matches. Seven of the victories were using Berger 6mm 109 Grain Long Range Hybrid Target (LRHT) bullets. [...]

Dustin Flint wins 2021 Louisiana Silhouette Championships

For the third year in a row, Team Berger member, Dustin Flint, brought home the gold from the Louisiana State Silhouette Championships. The Louisiana State Silhouette Championship was held May 1-2 at the Ascension Parish Sheriff’s Range in Gonzales, LA. Dustin won with a Grand Aggregate score of 181/200, just beating out Elisabeth Steiger (2nd place) and Chris Cawthorne (3rd place). Dustin shared with us, "I'm very excited to win the Louisiana Silhouette Championship for the third straight year, especially considering the top notch competition at this year's event. Winning a championship requires a combination for shooter/spotter communication and equipment performance."

Berger’s Emil Praslick Hosts Kestrel Ballistics’ Wind Reading Class

Emil Praslick, Berger's Mil/LE Business Development Manager and our very own "Wind Wizard" as we like to call him, will be joining Kestrel Ballistics tomorrow, Tuesday, May 25th at 3pm Eastern time to help host a virtual wind reading class. Kestrel Ballistics offers virtual classes to help shooters learn how to make the most of their Kestrel weather meters, maximize their time at the range, and advance their shooting capabilities to the next level. Emil told us, “I am really looking forward to this class and discussing how to best use the powerful capabilities of the Kestrel. There are a number of different strategies used [...]

Berger’s Larry Bartholome Wins TSRA Long Range Championship

Over the weekend of April 30 - May 2nd, our good friend and Team Berger shooter, Larry Bartholome competed in the 2021 Texas State Rifle Association F-Open Championships out at the Bayou Rifles - Juliff Rifle and Pistol Range in Rasharon, TX. Out of the over 50 competitors that weekend, Larry came out on top and took the win with a 992-41x. This makes it the fourth time Larry has won this competition! Larry took this win shooting his favorite Berger 7mm 184 Grain F-Open Hybrid Target bullets loaded with Vihtavuori N160 powder. Larry told us, "Eight more wins and it'll be an even dozen. [...]

Team Berger’s Missy Gilliland Wins Master Piece Arms PRS Match

Team Berger’s very own Missy Gilliland came out on top and took first place (and top lady) at the Master Piece Arms Regional PRS Match this past weekend with a score of 85 out of a possible 100! The MPA Regional Series PRS Match was held at the Arena Training Facility in Blakely, GA on May 1, 2021. Missy shot her favorite Berger 6mm 105gr Hybrid Target bullets out of her 6mm Creedmoor GA Precision rifle to take the win. Missy told us, “We had a lot of difficult winds that day, but I focused on the mirage, the environment and trusted my Berger bullets [...]

Team Berger Shooter Missy Gilliland Wins with Berger 6mm 105gr Hybrid Target Bullets

Our very own Missy Gillaland (Team Berger Shooter) took Top Lady at the MasterPiece Arms (MPA) Regional Series PRS match with a score of 62 out of 100. The MPA Regional Series PRS Match was held at the Arena Training Facility in Blakely, GA on February 27, 2021. Missy shot our 6mm 105 grain Hybrid Target bullets loaded in 6mm Creedmoor Lapua cases, which she shot out of her GA Precision rifle. “Consistency is key when shooting long range competitions. That is why I depend on my Berger 105 Grain Hybrid bullets. With every trigger pull, I know each bullet will perform the same as [...]

Team Berger Wins Desert Classic Invitational

Team Berger shooters, Amanda Elsenboss and Justin Skaret, scored a 784-321Xs to secure first place at the Desert Classic Invitational in the Two Day Team Aggregate. The team used Berger 308 Winchester factory ammunition loaded with 30 Caliber 155.5 Grain Fullbore Target bullets. "The match was great, it was good to be able to get together with some fellow Long Range shooters and duke it out. Wind was challenging all weekend and the competition was stout,” stated Skaret, who scored a 390-18Xs. The Desert Classic Invitational brought together top level competitors in Palma, F-Open, and F/TR disciplines. The match was presented by the Desert Sharpshooters [...]

Berger’s Bryan Litz and Emil Praslick on Guns Magazine Podcast

We've teamed up with Guns Magazine to dive head-first into the world of long range shooting with “Long Range Grad School” podcast #66. “Long Range Grad School” features our Chief Ballistician, Bryan Litz, and our Tactical Sales Business Development Manager (and wind wizard!), Emil Praslick. Both have extensive long range competitive shooting experience, with championship titles in a multitude of long range disciplines. Guns Magazine podcast host, Brent Wheat, leads the conversation with Bryan and Emil as they share their insight regarding exterior ballistics, bullet design, wind reading, ballistic solvers, BC myths, and more. Brent states, “Together, Bryan and Emil understand what happens from the [...]

New 25 Caliber 133 Grain Elite Hunter Bullets

We are excited to announce the addition of the new .25 Caliber, 133 Grain Elite Hunter projectile to the popular long-range Elite Hunter product line. The .25 Caliber, 133 Grain Elite Hunter offers a heavy-for-caliber bullet solution for .25 caliber hunting platforms that maximizes both energy and terminal performance. Elite Hunters utilize Berger’s industry-leading hybrid ogive design, that blends tangent and secant designs to optimize efficiency, reduce wind-drift, and minimize sensitivity to seating depth. Their sleek profile features an ultra-high ballistic coefficient (BC) and increased sectional density, delivering the highest energy upon impact. Elite Hunters are easy to [...]

Berger Introduces New 223 Remington Ammunition

We are excited to announce that we are expanding our ammunition line to now include .223 Remington! Our initial .223 releases will be loaded with a Berger 73 grain Boat Tail target bullet and a Berger 77 grain OTM Tactical bullet. 223 Remington 73 Grain Boat Tail TargetOur new .223 Remington 73 gr Target round provides both bolt-gun and gas-gun operators and competitors a premium round that outperforms all other traditional 69-75gr rounds in 1:9" twist platforms. The 73 Grain BT Target projectile is known in competitive shooting and Mil/LE circles as the “test-bullet” for AR platforms. The competitive shooter’s adage has [...]