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<blockquote data-quote="Pdvdh" data-source="post: 349183" data-attributes="member: 4191"><p>I reserve my factual comments for the game I retrieve, because it's humanly impossible to know exactly where the bullet hits unless I'm field dressing and skinning out a harvested animal. You may have hit exactly where you aimed, or maybe not. The following I know to be factual.</p><p></p><p>I've killed large game with Berger VLDs twice at close range. One was a black bear at about 21 feet (a finishing shot). This bear was lying down with it's brisket facing toward me. 210gr VLD from 300 Win Mag with impact velocity of about 2900 fps. Bullet hit in brisket and no part of the bullet ever reached the backbone, let alone exit out the top of the bears back. Bear expired instantly upon impact. Throughout field dressing and then butchering back at the house, I couldn't believe none of the 210 gr bullet exited. This was not a large black bear. A sow that I would estimate at about 160 lb live weight. The wound channel between the lower front shoulders was massive and the sight of utter destruction. I mean this bullet came apart explosively into tiny fragments and shards of lead and copper jacket. Total penetration was ~10". Not more than 12 inches. </p><p></p><p>Second was a bull caribou shot through the ribs with the 7mm 168gr VLD - impact velocity about 2900 fps at about 50 yds distant. Lung material and blood blown out the far side of the ribs. Animal trotted about 50 yds and piled up dead. Bullet performed fine. Massive internal damage to lungs and very little damage to meat on either side of the ribcage. About a 1 1/4" exit hole in the hide.</p><p></p><p>The copper jacket on these VLDs is a J4 jacket. Two pieces of Xerox copier paper is thicker than these J4 jackets. The only thing that keeps these bullets together is this thin jacket and the consistency of the lead, which must be pretty soft. That's all I can offer on close range Berger VLD performance.</p><p></p><p>I like them for long range use. Which is the same as saying I don't like them for close range high velocity hits on big game.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pdvdh, post: 349183, member: 4191"] I reserve my factual comments for the game I retrieve, because it's humanly impossible to know exactly where the bullet hits unless I'm field dressing and skinning out a harvested animal. You may have hit exactly where you aimed, or maybe not. The following I know to be factual. I've killed large game with Berger VLDs twice at close range. One was a black bear at about 21 feet (a finishing shot). This bear was lying down with it's brisket facing toward me. 210gr VLD from 300 Win Mag with impact velocity of about 2900 fps. Bullet hit in brisket and no part of the bullet ever reached the backbone, let alone exit out the top of the bears back. Bear expired instantly upon impact. Throughout field dressing and then butchering back at the house, I couldn't believe none of the 210 gr bullet exited. This was not a large black bear. A sow that I would estimate at about 160 lb live weight. The wound channel between the lower front shoulders was massive and the sight of utter destruction. I mean this bullet came apart explosively into tiny fragments and shards of lead and copper jacket. Total penetration was ~10". Not more than 12 inches. Second was a bull caribou shot through the ribs with the 7mm 168gr VLD - impact velocity about 2900 fps at about 50 yds distant. Lung material and blood blown out the far side of the ribs. Animal trotted about 50 yds and piled up dead. Bullet performed fine. Massive internal damage to lungs and very little damage to meat on either side of the ribcage. About a 1 1/4" exit hole in the hide. The copper jacket on these VLDs is a J4 jacket. Two pieces of Xerox copier paper is thicker than these J4 jackets. The only thing that keeps these bullets together is this thin jacket and the consistency of the lead, which must be pretty soft. That's all I can offer on close range Berger VLD performance. I like them for long range use. Which is the same as saying I don't like them for close range high velocity hits on big game. [/QUOTE]
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