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Berger bullet performance on game
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<blockquote data-quote="AZShooter" data-source="post: 528188" data-attributes="member: 5219"><p>Around five years ago four of us built 257 weatherbys. We used Lilja 3 groove SS barrels and had Pacific tool and gauge make the reamer. The reamer has less freebore than Weatherby's. We use .070" to .100" bullet jump. </p><p></p><p>All four rifles shoot Berger 115 VLDs exclusively. So far the rifles have killed 13 deer and 5 elk. Shots have ranged from 237 to 525 yds for deer with devastating results. While a few deer staggered and fell many were bang flops. My rifle accounted for 6 coues wt and the bullet exited every deer. The 525 shot went in behind the shoulder and exited the "elbow" of the opposite shoulder making a nice exit hole. </p><p></p><p>I'd say Bergers work very well. It has been a while but John Barsness had a great writeup in handloader mag or maybe it was rifle mag not sure. He and several others went to N. Zealand and shot something like 35 animals including tough to kill goats and a few red stag. He says the VLDs are the fastest killing bullet he has ever witnessed. He also said they will enter 2-3 inches before they expand.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AZShooter, post: 528188, member: 5219"] Around five years ago four of us built 257 weatherbys. We used Lilja 3 groove SS barrels and had Pacific tool and gauge make the reamer. The reamer has less freebore than Weatherby's. We use .070" to .100" bullet jump. All four rifles shoot Berger 115 VLDs exclusively. So far the rifles have killed 13 deer and 5 elk. Shots have ranged from 237 to 525 yds for deer with devastating results. While a few deer staggered and fell many were bang flops. My rifle accounted for 6 coues wt and the bullet exited every deer. The 525 shot went in behind the shoulder and exited the "elbow" of the opposite shoulder making a nice exit hole. I'd say Bergers work very well. It has been a while but John Barsness had a great writeup in handloader mag or maybe it was rifle mag not sure. He and several others went to N. Zealand and shot something like 35 animals including tough to kill goats and a few red stag. He says the VLDs are the fastest killing bullet he has ever witnessed. He also said they will enter 2-3 inches before they expand. [/QUOTE]
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