I cannot even begin to tell you how much this post has helped me. I have been searching this for months on end. I found this on another forum and almost joined just to say thank you 
this has literally wrapped up months of searching for myself. Hope this helps you as much as it helped me.
Enjoy:
"Welcome to the search for the Holy Grail - the ultimate long range bullet which has a high BC, very forgiving tolerance with seating depth and has great terminal performance at lower velocities. *This bullet doesn't exist - at least not right now. *So LR hunters are faced with a trade off. *Bergers tend to have high BC's with great terminal hperformance. *However, the terminal performance is not always consistent and they can be finicky when reloading. *Nosler Partitions and the Barnes TSX (and TTSX) have great consistency in terminal performance, but their BC's leave something to be desired. *And not all rifles like the all copper Barnes bullets.
On one hand, great terminal performance is meaningless if you miss the target. *On the other hand, it can be disaster if your bullet hits the target, but then fails to perform. *The Nosler Accubond seems to be a good compromise of both terminal performance and BC. *The jury is still out on the LR Accubond. *Berger hunting VLD's are highly favored, but sometimes fail to open up - even at higher velocities. *Pick the best premium bullet that shoots/groups well in your rifle and learn to live with the trade-offs that come with it.
this has literally wrapped up months of searching for myself. Hope this helps you as much as it helped me.Enjoy:
"Welcome to the search for the Holy Grail - the ultimate long range bullet which has a high BC, very forgiving tolerance with seating depth and has great terminal performance at lower velocities. *This bullet doesn't exist - at least not right now. *So LR hunters are faced with a trade off. *Bergers tend to have high BC's with great terminal hperformance. *However, the terminal performance is not always consistent and they can be finicky when reloading. *Nosler Partitions and the Barnes TSX (and TTSX) have great consistency in terminal performance, but their BC's leave something to be desired. *And not all rifles like the all copper Barnes bullets.
On one hand, great terminal performance is meaningless if you miss the target. *On the other hand, it can be disaster if your bullet hits the target, but then fails to perform. *The Nosler Accubond seems to be a good compromise of both terminal performance and BC. *The jury is still out on the LR Accubond. *Berger hunting VLD's are highly favored, but sometimes fail to open up - even at higher velocities. *Pick the best premium bullet that shoots/groups well in your rifle and learn to live with the trade-offs that come with it.
