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7mm mag and bergers for canadian game
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<blockquote data-quote="str8shoot" data-source="post: 484132" data-attributes="member: 26034"><p>If you think a VLD will perform just as well at short range high velocity as it does at long range mid to lower velocity you are mistaken. If you think a VLD will perform just as well as a Barnes, Accubond, or Swift at close range/high velocity you are simply naive. I was naive too until I shot a cow elk at 50 yards in the shoulder with a 7mm 168 VLD. After killng 3 elk at longer ranges with them, my <strong>first</strong> attempt at close range was a failure. I think Kirby is trying to get the word out so we don't all have to find things out the hard way. He has tested many bullets and pushed many of them beyond their limits. He has posted his findings on many threads. He is not just pulling some commercial out of his ***. </p><p>I don't think this is a matter of opinion. VLDs are fragile, thats why they expand so well at long range. If you shoot heavy game like elk in the shoulder at close range with VLDs sooner rather than later they will fail. You can choose to ignore this, but lessens learned from experience are not always kind.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="str8shoot, post: 484132, member: 26034"] If you think a VLD will perform just as well at short range high velocity as it does at long range mid to lower velocity you are mistaken. If you think a VLD will perform just as well as a Barnes, Accubond, or Swift at close range/high velocity you are simply naive. I was naive too until I shot a cow elk at 50 yards in the shoulder with a 7mm 168 VLD. After killng 3 elk at longer ranges with them, my [B]first[/B] attempt at close range was a failure. I think Kirby is trying to get the word out so we don't all have to find things out the hard way. He has tested many bullets and pushed many of them beyond their limits. He has posted his findings on many threads. He is not just pulling some commercial out of his ***. I don't think this is a matter of opinion. VLDs are fragile, thats why they expand so well at long range. If you shoot heavy game like elk in the shoulder at close range with VLDs sooner rather than later they will fail. You can choose to ignore this, but lessens learned from experience are not always kind. [/QUOTE]
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