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<blockquote data-quote="laker" data-source="post: 1447268" data-attributes="member: 103747"><p>Not sure if it's much interest to you but the other day I was bored so did a little testing with my 6.5-06 at close range I had a couple elk femurs in the freezer that I was saving for the dogs so I pulled them out to do a little bullet testing of 140 grain bergers started at 3100fps and 142 grain lrab at 2950fps. I wrapped the femur in 3 layers of cardboard and then taped it to a 3 gallon water jug. Then I stacked three jugs together and stepped back to 40 yards [ATTACH=full]99044[/ATTACH]</p><p>Here's entrance of 140 berger</p><p>[ATTACH=full]99045[/ATTACH]</p><p>Exit of 140 berger</p><p>[ATTACH=full]99046[/ATTACH]</p><p>The 140 berger destroyed first jug and had small chunks of bullet that made it into 2nd jug.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]99047[/ATTACH]</p><p>Not much of exit and entrance pictures for 142 lrab as it destroyed the joint.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]99048[/ATTACH]</p><p>Didn't do near as much damage to first jug as berger did. Bullet went through 1st jug, dumped a lot of shrapnel in second jug, and made it into 3rd jug and had enough left to poke a hole on far side of jug but not enough to pass through which is over 3' of water jugs</p><p>[ATTACH=full]99049[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]99050[/ATTACH]</p><p>Slug weighted 63.2 grains</p><p></p><p>For me it showed that I'd have no problem shooting an elk with either bullet. </p><p></p><p>Hope you found my crude tests interesting</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="laker, post: 1447268, member: 103747"] Not sure if it’s much interest to you but the other day I was bored so did a little testing with my 6.5-06 at close range I had a couple elk femurs in the freezer that I was saving for the dogs so I pulled them out to do a little bullet testing of 140 grain bergers started at 3100fps and 142 grain lrab at 2950fps. I wrapped the femur in 3 layers of cardboard and then taped it to a 3 gallon water jug. Then I stacked three jugs together and stepped back to 40 yards [ATTACH=full]99044[/ATTACH] Here’s entrance of 140 berger [ATTACH=full]99045[/ATTACH] Exit of 140 berger [ATTACH=full]99046[/ATTACH] The 140 berger destroyed first jug and had small chunks of bullet that made it into 2nd jug. [ATTACH=full]99047[/ATTACH] Not much of exit and entrance pictures for 142 lrab as it destroyed the joint. [ATTACH=full]99048[/ATTACH] Didn’t do near as much damage to first jug as berger did. Bullet went through 1st jug, dumped a lot of shrapnel in second jug, and made it into 3rd jug and had enough left to poke a hole on far side of jug but not enough to pass through which is over 3’ of water jugs [ATTACH=full]99049[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]99050[/ATTACH] Slug weighted 63.2 grains For me it showed that I’d have no problem shooting an elk with either bullet. Hope you found my crude tests interesting [/QUOTE]
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