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7mm 168 smk. Who's used this on elk sized game?
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<blockquote data-quote="remingtonman_25_06" data-source="post: 118641" data-attributes="member: 1403"><p><strong>Re: 7mm 168 smk. Who\'s used this on elk sized game?</strong></p><p></p><p>Im pretty curious as to how the 168g VLD will work on elk and bears myself. Im loading them to 2950fps out of my 7mm RM. They are proving to be .5MOA performers to 700 yards so far. I know they have the energy to bring home elk and bears, I'm just not sure if that bullet is tough enough to get through the shoulders and what not. I might have to shoot behind the shoulder, or try for the high shoulder shot. These 168's seem a little on the frangible side already from what I've seen. I"m not to sure if its gonna be the best bone crushing bullet out there, I just hope it works. I shot a bear with a 200g SMK at 250 yards with, MV 3200fps, the bullet entered point behind shoulder and traveled through the vitals and was lodged in the offside shoulder. That bullet shed a lot of weight, biggest piece found weighed 25g out of 200g to start with. I would say thats horrible performance for a bear hunting bullet, or an elk bullet. That lead me to work up a load around the 200g AB. No troubles with that bullet penetrating. I guess the only way to find out if the 168g will work is to shoot a few animals with them and come up with your own field data. I was looking at all the BC's for 7mm target bullets and it looks as though Berger is about the highest. At least for 168g weight. The SMK does not even come close. The 162g AMAX doesn't have to bad a BC, not to far behind the 168g VLD anyways.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="remingtonman_25_06, post: 118641, member: 1403"] [b]Re: 7mm 168 smk. Who\'s used this on elk sized game?[/b] Im pretty curious as to how the 168g VLD will work on elk and bears myself. Im loading them to 2950fps out of my 7mm RM. They are proving to be .5MOA performers to 700 yards so far. I know they have the energy to bring home elk and bears, I'm just not sure if that bullet is tough enough to get through the shoulders and what not. I might have to shoot behind the shoulder, or try for the high shoulder shot. These 168's seem a little on the frangible side already from what I've seen. I"m not to sure if its gonna be the best bone crushing bullet out there, I just hope it works. I shot a bear with a 200g SMK at 250 yards with, MV 3200fps, the bullet entered point behind shoulder and traveled through the vitals and was lodged in the offside shoulder. That bullet shed a lot of weight, biggest piece found weighed 25g out of 200g to start with. I would say thats horrible performance for a bear hunting bullet, or an elk bullet. That lead me to work up a load around the 200g AB. No troubles with that bullet penetrating. I guess the only way to find out if the 168g will work is to shoot a few animals with them and come up with your own field data. I was looking at all the BC's for 7mm target bullets and it looks as though Berger is about the highest. At least for 168g weight. The SMK does not even come close. The 162g AMAX doesn't have to bad a BC, not to far behind the 168g VLD anyways. [/QUOTE]
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