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115 gr Berger VLD load for my 25-06
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<blockquote data-quote="NotsubMOA" data-source="post: 552004" data-attributes="member: 37452"><p>I'm going to take a few whitetail does, at 100 yards or less, for meat this season. Being that this bullet doesn't start to expand until 2-3 inches of penetration and I want to keep front shoulder damage to a minimum, I'm a little concerned that a broadside shot into what I call the "vital pocket" right behind the shoulder might be a small in and out hole with little expansion. Like a heavy bonded bullet or Barnes Triple Shock. I don't want that. That may work for some, but I like rapid expansion and energy transfer that creates a massive wound channel. With a shot placed just an inch or two forward of the vital pocket, into the front shoulder some, a 154gr. Hornady SST, 84.5 grains of RL-22, and my 7mm Ultra Mag makes a wound channel that looks like a NCAA size football bullet went through it, on 130 class and above bucks. I've never had a deer take a single step away from that gun/bullet/load combo. I don't hunt anything larger than whitetail. 500yds is about the max distance. So, I like my bullet to have some fragmenting. Pass through is fine as long as it's a crater where it exits.</p><p> </p><p>I don't like blood-trailing simply because I want an instant, humane kill. Not knocking anyone or saying my way's the right way. That's just how I do it. So, 100yds or less with that shot placement, will this bullet do what I'm wanting it to? </p><p> </p><p>Edit: I know I won't get full expansion but will I get enough or should I use something more suited?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="NotsubMOA, post: 552004, member: 37452"] I'm going to take a few whitetail does, at 100 yards or less, for meat this season. Being that this bullet doesn't start to expand until 2-3 inches of penetration and I want to keep front shoulder damage to a minimum, I'm a little concerned that a broadside shot into what I call the "vital pocket" right behind the shoulder might be a small in and out hole with little expansion. Like a heavy bonded bullet or Barnes Triple Shock. I don't want that. That may work for some, but I like rapid expansion and energy transfer that creates a massive wound channel. With a shot placed just an inch or two forward of the vital pocket, into the front shoulder some, a 154gr. Hornady SST, 84.5 grains of RL-22, and my 7mm Ultra Mag makes a wound channel that looks like a NCAA size football bullet went through it, on 130 class and above bucks. I've never had a deer take a single step away from that gun/bullet/load combo. I don't hunt anything larger than whitetail. 500yds is about the max distance. So, I like my bullet to have some fragmenting. Pass through is fine as long as it's a crater where it exits. I don't like blood-trailing simply because I want an instant, humane kill. Not knocking anyone or saying my way's the right way. That's just how I do it. So, 100yds or less with that shot placement, will this bullet do what I'm wanting it to? Edit: I know I won't get full expansion but will I get enough or should I use something more suited? [/QUOTE]
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