A New 155gn 308 Bullet – The BJD-HBC by Laurie Holland
Top 155s. Left to right: BJD-HBC, Lapua Scenar, Berger 155.5gn FULLBORE, Sierra Palma MK (later #2156)
When we announced the arrival of a new 155gn ‘Palma’ bullet - the BJD-HBC - onto the British shooting scene a couple of issues back, we promised a review including a range test.
There is considerable interest in these bullets as they offer a price reduction of a third or more over some popular competitors used in long-range Target Rifle and the F/TR division of F Class. Price however is only one factor when shooters make this choice of course, performance and consistency being paramount to many. First though, what does this rather cryptic six-letter abbreviation stand for?
BJD is short for Bob and Jan Dyer, proprietors of R&J Sports Goods of Pineland, Northern Territories, Australia some 25km down the road from state capital Darwin and both long-time top Australian Target Rifle competitors and coaches
6 Target Shooter at state, national and international levels.
HBC = High Ballistic Coefficient, a claim borne out in independent tests a couple of years back by American ballistician Bryan Litz who found the design matched the then top-performing Berger 155.5gn FULLBORE and 155gn Lapua Scenar designs with G7/G1 BCs of 0.236/0.462 and comfortably beating both Sierra Palma MatchKing models. In its home nation, this bullet has become the virtual standard for both handloaders and in .308 Win match ammunition sold by the state rifle associations, also used successfully by the Australian Target Rifle team in international matches.
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Let’s look at the bullet. Measuring it showed it is not a copy of any other equivalent weight 308 on
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