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Berger 215 Hybrid Performance on Elk
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<blockquote data-quote="Tumbleweed" data-source="post: 718227" data-attributes="member: 9281"><p><span style="font-size: 12px">Hi fellas, just got through with a successful</span> <span style="font-size: 12px">elk hun<span style="font-size: 12px">t </span>with my<span style="font-size: 12px"> son</span></span> <span style="font-size: 12px">taking his first elk in a one shot kill. <span style="font-size: 12px">I am using the 215 <span style="font-size: 12px">Berger H<span style="font-size: 12px">ybrid "Target" from my semi custom 300 RUM at a muzzle vel<span style="font-size: 12px">ocity of 3,185 fps. Distance to elk<span style="font-size: 12px">~ 522 yards. Impact v<span style="font-size: 12px">elocity at 1900ft altitu<span style="font-size: 12px">de <span style="font-size: 12px">and 5<span style="font-size: 12px">0 degrees~ <strong>2,5</strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>35fps</strong>. <span style="font-size: 12px">Kinetic energy at animal~</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><strong>3,069ft/lbs</strong>.</span> <span style="font-size: 12px">Bullet entered directly behind the e<span style="font-size: 12px">lk's left shoulder in a quartering away angle. The bullet struck and broke three rib<span style="font-size: 12px">s on the way in</span></span>. Travel<span style="font-size: 12px">ing <span style="font-size: 12px">past</span> the rib<span style="font-size: 12px"> cage</span> it completely destroyed the heart and lungs.</span></span> <span style="font-size: 12px">We found no penetration past the vitals in the offside rib cage wall</span>. <span style="font-size: 12px">This is not really a surp<span style="font-size: 12px">ris<span style="font-size: 12px">e to me after seeing that the bullet hi<span style="font-size: 12px">t all three rib<span style="font-size: 12px">s on entry ca<span style="font-size: 12px">using it to <span style="font-size: 12px">open rather quic<span style="font-size: 12px">kly decreas<span style="font-size: 12px">ing overall penetration.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> <span style="font-size: 12px">Below are some pi<span style="font-size: 12px">ctures. Sorry about the resolution on a couple, these were c<span style="font-size: 12px">ell phone pics in <span style="font-size: 12px">dark timber.</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-size: 12px">Below is the <span style="font-size: 12px">shot placement:</span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></span></span></span></span>[ATTACH]14763[/ATTACH]</p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">Below is the heart/lung group:</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span>[ATTACH]14764[/ATTACH]</p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">Below is the <span style="font-size: 12px">bullet en<span style="font-size: 12px">trance damage to the rib cage. The hol<span style="font-size: 12px">e is aro<span style="font-size: 12px">und <span style="font-size: 12px">4</span>" long in an oblong pattern:</span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></span></span></span>[ATTACH]14765[/ATTACH]</p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">I am satisfied with the performance of the 215<span style="font-size: 12px"> Hyrbid in this situation. I fe<span style="font-size: 12px">el that if it were a perfect broads<span style="font-size: 12px">ide shot with the bullet stri<span style="font-size: 12px">king one rib<span style="font-size: 12px"> that I may have had a complete pass through.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
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