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Berger VLD on short range?
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<blockquote data-quote="MontanaRifleman" data-source="post: 219055" data-attributes="member: 11717"><p>You'll find different opinions on this and here is my view. If you go to the Berger site, they describe the expected performance of their bullets. They advertise about 3" pentration followed by shedding 80-90% of bullet wieght. Basically explosive. This can be very effective, but I think it's risky if you make anything other than a lung shot. It's possible that a bullet in the shoulder will explode and not penetrate to vitals. Also, I think they are more damaging to meat. As far as a minumum range? I would probably avoid any range that showed a vel of maybe 2300-2400 fps? Just a guess on my part, bottomline being a velocity that would leave most of the bullet intact. I prefer a tough bullet that stays intact and pentrates flesh and bone, doing a lot of damage and leaving a traumatic wound channel and exit.</p><p> </p><p>Also, a 300WM will get an AB, TSX, E-Tip etc out to about 800-1000yds with performance vel.</p><p> </p><p>Hope that helps</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MontanaRifleman, post: 219055, member: 11717"] You'll find different opinions on this and here is my view. If you go to the Berger site, they describe the expected performance of their bullets. They advertise about 3" pentration followed by shedding 80-90% of bullet wieght. Basically explosive. This can be very effective, but I think it's risky if you make anything other than a lung shot. It's possible that a bullet in the shoulder will explode and not penetrate to vitals. Also, I think they are more damaging to meat. As far as a minumum range? I would probably avoid any range that showed a vel of maybe 2300-2400 fps? Just a guess on my part, bottomline being a velocity that would leave most of the bullet intact. I prefer a tough bullet that stays intact and pentrates flesh and bone, doing a lot of damage and leaving a traumatic wound channel and exit. Also, a 300WM will get an AB, TSX, E-Tip etc out to about 800-1000yds with performance vel. Hope that helps [/QUOTE]
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