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270 lb Boar Down With Berger Grendel VLD-Hunting
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<blockquote data-quote="Double Naught Spy" data-source="post: 1192786" data-attributes="member: 55410"><p>Well Steve, I agree with your assessment, but your query is misplaced. I have often stated that unless there is significant disruption of the CNS (direct or indirect as by hydrostatic shock), then there is no reason to expect a hog to go down immediately, and hydrostatic shock can be a very iffy and unpredictable benefit, if it occurs. So no, I don't expect that. However, Berger touted (see video I cited above) particular performance parameters and those are not exactly what I am seeing when I use Berger VLD-Hunting rounds. Instead of performing like this explosive round that comes apart at 3-5" inside of the animal resulting in a massive energy dump and hydrostatic shot, what I am seeing are rounds that perform much like typical hunting ammo.</p><p></p><p>I did some butchering on the hog today. The entry wound was nothing special and it wasn't expected to be. On the surface of the skin, the exit wound was not excited. Peeling the skin back and there was a nice, large wound hole. Cool.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://i627.photobucket.com/albums/tt352/HornHillRange/a%20random%20hog%20folder/20160415_195043.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Peeling the skin back revealed even more destruction.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://i627.photobucket.com/albums/tt352/HornHillRange/a%20random%20hog%20folder/20160415_195256.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Probing the mess with my fingers revealed that I could slip inside the chest and find the destroyed heart. Neat. The reason I could find the destroyed heart is that the VLD-Hunting round that is supposed to violently come apart at 3-5" with a massive energy dump and hydrostatic shock was apparently still together enough to take out 3 ribs in succession, notching the 4th by the big exit hole. By "take out" I mean that a section of each of the ribs was completely missing, apparently pulverized by the bullet that had not already become pulverized despite having traveling approximately 16" through soft body tissue.</p><p></p><p>In short, the Berger VLD-Hunting round appears to have largely performed just like any other typical hunting round which is NOT how it is supposed to perform.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Double Naught Spy, post: 1192786, member: 55410"] Well Steve, I agree with your assessment, but your query is misplaced. I have often stated that unless there is significant disruption of the CNS (direct or indirect as by hydrostatic shock), then there is no reason to expect a hog to go down immediately, and hydrostatic shock can be a very iffy and unpredictable benefit, if it occurs. So no, I don't expect that. However, Berger touted (see video I cited above) particular performance parameters and those are not exactly what I am seeing when I use Berger VLD-Hunting rounds. Instead of performing like this explosive round that comes apart at 3-5" inside of the animal resulting in a massive energy dump and hydrostatic shot, what I am seeing are rounds that perform much like typical hunting ammo. I did some butchering on the hog today. The entry wound was nothing special and it wasn't expected to be. On the surface of the skin, the exit wound was not excited. Peeling the skin back and there was a nice, large wound hole. Cool. [IMG]http://i627.photobucket.com/albums/tt352/HornHillRange/a%20random%20hog%20folder/20160415_195043.jpg[/IMG] Peeling the skin back revealed even more destruction. [IMG]http://i627.photobucket.com/albums/tt352/HornHillRange/a%20random%20hog%20folder/20160415_195256.jpg[/IMG] Probing the mess with my fingers revealed that I could slip inside the chest and find the destroyed heart. Neat. The reason I could find the destroyed heart is that the VLD-Hunting round that is supposed to violently come apart at 3-5" with a massive energy dump and hydrostatic shock was apparently still together enough to take out 3 ribs in succession, notching the 4th by the big exit hole. By "take out" I mean that a section of each of the ribs was completely missing, apparently pulverized by the bullet that had not already become pulverized despite having traveling approximately 16" through soft body tissue. In short, the Berger VLD-Hunting round appears to have largely performed just like any other typical hunting round which is NOT how it is supposed to perform. [/QUOTE]
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