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Berger 210 VLD on Black Bear - Field Report
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<blockquote data-quote="Pdvdh" data-source="post: 213450" data-attributes="member: 4191"><p>Kirby,</p><p></p><p>Thanks for contributing and I would agree with your comments.</p><p></p><p>This bear was the first kill with your APS 300WM. How I ended up in the alders with the bear 6-8 yards away is a longer story involving me slamming on the brakes to avoid killing a large cow moose with my SUV which caused my new rifle to roll onto the floorboard and jar the scope enough to alter the scope's zero enough to miss the vitals at 425 yds. Otherwise my bear would have been toast on the first shot. </p><p></p><p>Anyhow..., as such things go, before I know it I'm in the alders trailing the bear in fading light. 1 1/2 hours later after sneaking 150 yds through the thick stuff I find my way to its bed, which ended up being about three jumps in front of my nose in the thick stuff. As I was moving my head around trying to get a better look at the black fur in front of my face I finally made out the head of the bear and she was doing the same thing I was... bobbing her head around trying to get a better look at me through the brush. A little unnerving to say the least. I didn't intend to test the 210 Berger VLD at such close range, but those were the the cards I was dealt on this particular hunt. Certainly an unusually close range finishing shot and I thought others would be interested in the point blank range performance of the 30 cal 210 Berger VLD. The reason I didn't comment on the performance of the initial shot at 425 yds was because that errant shot hit the bear in the jaw and lower throat area, and wasn't a solid enough hit to be worthy of discussion. Several days later I confirmed the rifle's zero was off in the direction that resulted in the jaw shot bear, and I had to re-zero the scope.</p><p></p><p>By the way, this APS rifle will shoot less than 1/2 moa easy to at least 600 yds with these 210 VLDs. Still getting familiar with the gun and its potential with these Bergers and some other bullets.</p><p></p><p>Paul</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pdvdh, post: 213450, member: 4191"] Kirby, Thanks for contributing and I would agree with your comments. This bear was the first kill with your APS 300WM. How I ended up in the alders with the bear 6-8 yards away is a longer story involving me slamming on the brakes to avoid killing a large cow moose with my SUV which caused my new rifle to roll onto the floorboard and jar the scope enough to alter the scope's zero enough to miss the vitals at 425 yds. Otherwise my bear would have been toast on the first shot. Anyhow..., as such things go, before I know it I'm in the alders trailing the bear in fading light. 1 1/2 hours later after sneaking 150 yds through the thick stuff I find my way to its bed, which ended up being about three jumps in front of my nose in the thick stuff. As I was moving my head around trying to get a better look at the black fur in front of my face I finally made out the head of the bear and she was doing the same thing I was... bobbing her head around trying to get a better look at me through the brush. A little unnerving to say the least. I didn't intend to test the 210 Berger VLD at such close range, but those were the the cards I was dealt on this particular hunt. Certainly an unusually close range finishing shot and I thought others would be interested in the point blank range performance of the 30 cal 210 Berger VLD. The reason I didn't comment on the performance of the initial shot at 425 yds was because that errant shot hit the bear in the jaw and lower throat area, and wasn't a solid enough hit to be worthy of discussion. Several days later I confirmed the rifle's zero was off in the direction that resulted in the jaw shot bear, and I had to re-zero the scope. By the way, this APS rifle will shoot less than 1/2 moa easy to at least 600 yds with these 210 VLDs. Still getting familiar with the gun and its potential with these Bergers and some other bullets. Paul [/QUOTE]
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