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Colo 2nd season with berger 230.
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<blockquote data-quote="nicholasw89" data-source="post: 1004966" data-attributes="member: 77560"><p>Hello guys. Just got back from a very successful Colorado 2nd season elk hunt. Me and my buddy filled our tag Tuesday night around 5:30pm. Another set of hunters ran into a group of 10 bulls. They took 2 bulls; an 8x5 and a 6x6 I believe. They split the heard and sent 2 bulls towards me and my buddy. Me and my buddy were about 75 yards from them. We shot at this same time. My bull reieved 2 shots. After the second shot my bull dropped like a bag of rocks. Im using a .300 win mag, win brass, berger 230 otm, fed mag primers, and 74.5gn H1000. His bull took 3 shots to keep him from going down a really steep ridge. He used a .308 win with factory federal 180gn partitions. Both bulls were 5x4's. Upon field dressing the insides told the story. My buddies bull had 3 pass throughs in the ribs through the lungs. The partitions worked exactly like a bonded bullet should. When we got to mine I was amazed to see the internal damage the bergers caused. The bull was already dead from the first shot. The heart and lungs were soup. The entrance was about 1 inch across. The bullet did not pass through but did make it to the opposite rib cage and made a damage area about 5-6 inches across. I am very pleased with the 230 berger at such a close range. I will be using them form all my future hunts.</p><p> </p><p>Entrance hole:</p><p><a href="http://s1162.photobucket.com/user/nicholasw89/media/20141022_113228.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1162.photobucket.com/albums/q524/nicholasw89/20141022_113228.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p> </p><p>Opposite side ribs:</p><p><a href="http://s1162.photobucket.com/user/nicholasw89/media/20141022_113235.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1162.photobucket.com/albums/q524/nicholasw89/20141022_113235.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p> </p><p><a href="http://s1162.photobucket.com/user/nicholasw89/media/20141021_172312.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1162.photobucket.com/albums/q524/nicholasw89/20141021_172312.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nicholasw89, post: 1004966, member: 77560"] Hello guys. Just got back from a very successful Colorado 2nd season elk hunt. Me and my buddy filled our tag Tuesday night around 5:30pm. Another set of hunters ran into a group of 10 bulls. They took 2 bulls; an 8x5 and a 6x6 I believe. They split the heard and sent 2 bulls towards me and my buddy. Me and my buddy were about 75 yards from them. We shot at this same time. My bull reieved 2 shots. After the second shot my bull dropped like a bag of rocks. Im using a .300 win mag, win brass, berger 230 otm, fed mag primers, and 74.5gn H1000. His bull took 3 shots to keep him from going down a really steep ridge. He used a .308 win with factory federal 180gn partitions. Both bulls were 5x4's. Upon field dressing the insides told the story. My buddies bull had 3 pass throughs in the ribs through the lungs. The partitions worked exactly like a bonded bullet should. When we got to mine I was amazed to see the internal damage the bergers caused. The bull was already dead from the first shot. The heart and lungs were soup. The entrance was about 1 inch across. The bullet did not pass through but did make it to the opposite rib cage and made a damage area about 5-6 inches across. I am very pleased with the 230 berger at such a close range. I will be using them form all my future hunts. Entrance hole: [URL="http://s1162.photobucket.com/user/nicholasw89/media/20141022_113228.jpg.html"][IMG]http://i1162.photobucket.com/albums/q524/nicholasw89/20141022_113228.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Opposite side ribs: [URL="http://s1162.photobucket.com/user/nicholasw89/media/20141022_113235.jpg.html"][IMG]http://i1162.photobucket.com/albums/q524/nicholasw89/20141022_113235.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL="http://s1162.photobucket.com/user/nicholasw89/media/20141021_172312.jpg.html"][IMG]http://i1162.photobucket.com/albums/q524/nicholasw89/20141021_172312.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [/QUOTE]
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