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6.5 Berger Hybrid target 140 for hunting
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<blockquote data-quote="codyadams" data-source="post: 1185366" data-attributes="member: 87243"><p>Just looking for anyone who has used these for hunting, and their experience, good or bad. YES, I know they say 'not suitable for hunting' on the box, but so do Hornady A-MAX bullets, and I personally know several deer and 2 elk that would beg to differ. If you personally haven't used them, please allow people that have used them on game to comment. And please don't suggest using other bullets, I know there are other bullets that would work, if I was interested in them I would write a post about them. This is about the berger hybrid target bullets. </p><p></p><p>Since the main concern with the target bullets is not expanding, as they have a thicker jacket, I want to see what people's first hand experiences are...I recently shot my rifle and had a couple bullets go off the steel target at 885 yards, and impact the soft wet mud behind the target. At this range, they were going about 2,000 fps. They had full expansion and fragmentation on both bullets, and I recovered the base of both. One weighed 81.5 grains and the other weighed 68.8 grains, This is 49% and 58% weight retention, and both penetration about 12 inches.</p><p></p><p>I know that wet mud will be different than an animal, but if the bullet is shedding around half it's weight at nearly 900 yards, I tend to believe it's going to expand well anywhere under that distance. Either way, I plan on using them for my doe antelope hunt, and possibly my buck antelope hunt this year if I draw, and I will post my results. But if anyone has any experience, please chime in!! Thanks all </p><p></p><p>BTW these are going 2960 from my rifle, just as a reference point.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="codyadams, post: 1185366, member: 87243"] Just looking for anyone who has used these for hunting, and their experience, good or bad. YES, I know they say 'not suitable for hunting' on the box, but so do Hornady A-MAX bullets, and I personally know several deer and 2 elk that would beg to differ. If you personally haven't used them, please allow people that have used them on game to comment. And please don't suggest using other bullets, I know there are other bullets that would work, if I was interested in them I would write a post about them. This is about the berger hybrid target bullets. Since the main concern with the target bullets is not expanding, as they have a thicker jacket, I want to see what people's first hand experiences are...I recently shot my rifle and had a couple bullets go off the steel target at 885 yards, and impact the soft wet mud behind the target. At this range, they were going about 2,000 fps. They had full expansion and fragmentation on both bullets, and I recovered the base of both. One weighed 81.5 grains and the other weighed 68.8 grains, This is 49% and 58% weight retention, and both penetration about 12 inches. I know that wet mud will be different than an animal, but if the bullet is shedding around half it's weight at nearly 900 yards, I tend to believe it's going to expand well anywhere under that distance. Either way, I plan on using them for my doe antelope hunt, and possibly my buck antelope hunt this year if I draw, and I will post my results. But if anyone has any experience, please chime in!! Thanks all BTW these are going 2960 from my rifle, just as a reference point. [/QUOTE]
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