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<blockquote data-quote="Pdvdh" data-source="post: 1356854" data-attributes="member: 4191"><p>My limited on-game experience with the Berger VLDs? Straight from the factory, most inconsistent terminal performance of any bullet I've used. </p><p>My experience with the factory VLDs is limited by personal choice. They can, and have, exploded with limited penetrations, and penciled thru with zero expansion. I never aim at heavy bone on edible game animals. So my experiences were all broadside thru the rib shot placement.</p><p>For a year or so I considered myself the most unlucky guy on the planet when it came to poor terminal performance from the factory VLDs. Eventually other members mustered up the courage to post of their disappointing experiences on this Forum. Some contacted me by Private Messages to avoid the brow beating that came with anything posted with a negative connotation - Berger related. </p><p>Their performance seems to vary somewhat from caliber to caliber, from what I've read. My own disappointing experiences were with the .308 210 VLDs.</p><p>But I've been contacted and told of similar disappointments by others shooting 168gr VLDs in 7mms.</p><p>There's so much information posted on VLD performance within historical Threads on this Forum that a guy could put himself to sleep reading them all. It's a love them or hate them relationship, which I attribute to a greater rate of unreliable terminal performance. Which is what I experienced.</p><p>To each his own...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pdvdh, post: 1356854, member: 4191"] My limited on-game experience with the Berger VLDs? Straight from the factory, most inconsistent terminal performance of any bullet I've used. My experience with the factory VLDs is limited by personal choice. They can, and have, exploded with limited penetrations, and penciled thru with zero expansion. I never aim at heavy bone on edible game animals. So my experiences were all broadside thru the rib shot placement. For a year or so I considered myself the most unlucky guy on the planet when it came to poor terminal performance from the factory VLDs. Eventually other members mustered up the courage to post of their disappointing experiences on this Forum. Some contacted me by Private Messages to avoid the brow beating that came with anything posted with a negative connotation - Berger related. Their performance seems to vary somewhat from caliber to caliber, from what I've read. My own disappointing experiences were with the .308 210 VLDs. But I've been contacted and told of similar disappointments by others shooting 168gr VLDs in 7mms. There's so much information posted on VLD performance within historical Threads on this Forum that a guy could put himself to sleep reading them all. It's a love them or hate them relationship, which I attribute to a greater rate of unreliable terminal performance. Which is what I experienced. To each his own... [/QUOTE]
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