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Berger Bullets for Hunting - Yes or No?
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<blockquote data-quote="maninthemaze" data-source="post: 1210397" data-attributes="member: 87387"><p>I'll go ahead and admit... I have made a bad shot on an antelope with 168 Berger VLD's out of my 7wsm. I got into potion to shoot and the herd took off. I knew they would circle downwind and stop. When they stopped, the buck was broadside and I fired. I guess it hadn't set the bipod correctly. Either way, the antelope ran about 50 yards and crashed. When I field dressed it, it had a small entry hole and a small exit hole from a piece of shrapnel. The bullet just exploded everything inside the animal. The bullets fragments shredded everything. I took the tenderloins out, because Wyoming law says I have to, but I wouldn't eat them. The we're covered with stomach contents, so I didn't want to risk it. </p><p></p><p>I guess my point is, I strongly believe that if I had been shooting an accubond, Sierra, or any other bullet that's desisned to "stay together, mass retention, huge exit hole" the antelope would have run farther and suffered more. </p><p></p><p>Since then, I have switched to the 180 Berger VLD. It seems to shoot better in my rifle. So, count me as a YES vote on a once in a lifetime hunt.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="maninthemaze, post: 1210397, member: 87387"] I'll go ahead and admit... I have made a bad shot on an antelope with 168 Berger VLD's out of my 7wsm. I got into potion to shoot and the herd took off. I knew they would circle downwind and stop. When they stopped, the buck was broadside and I fired. I guess it hadn't set the bipod correctly. Either way, the antelope ran about 50 yards and crashed. When I field dressed it, it had a small entry hole and a small exit hole from a piece of shrapnel. The bullet just exploded everything inside the animal. The bullets fragments shredded everything. I took the tenderloins out, because Wyoming law says I have to, but I wouldn't eat them. The we're covered with stomach contents, so I didn't want to risk it. I guess my point is, I strongly believe that if I had been shooting an accubond, Sierra, or any other bullet that's desisned to "stay together, mass retention, huge exit hole" the antelope would have run farther and suffered more. Since then, I have switched to the 180 Berger VLD. It seems to shoot better in my rifle. So, count me as a YES vote on a once in a lifetime hunt. [/QUOTE]
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