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History Of The Match Grade Berger Hunting VLD
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<blockquote data-quote="airborneike" data-source="post: 493285" data-attributes="member: 32751"><p>Thanks Paphil.</p><p></p><p>Eric's article was very good in detailing the historical development of their marketing strategy, lots of info I was not aware of.</p><p></p><p> My son-in law was one of those "early" hunters who was in contact with Walt before their decision to support the VLDs' for hunting. He used them extensively in Alberta on big game as large as Bison. I think he even took his 1,000 yd 7mmRSUM bench gun and made some kills with it. At the time we thought we were on to some kind of "secret" weapon because very few people were hunting using VLD bullets. All during that time I was still reluctant to admit to using match bullets but the proof was right there to see.</p><p></p><p>In my experience using VLDs I have found that one needs to keep velocities fairly high in order to gain maximum terminal performance. In one instance using a lower velocity (arround 2,500 fps) 6.5x55 on whitetail deer I found that the 140 gr bullet did not expand as much as I would have hopped and punched a small hole all the way through. The deer was killed but it ran 40 yds. All part of the learning curve.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="airborneike, post: 493285, member: 32751"] Thanks Paphil. Eric's article was very good in detailing the historical development of their marketing strategy, lots of info I was not aware of. My son-in law was one of those "early" hunters who was in contact with Walt before their decision to support the VLDs' for hunting. He used them extensively in Alberta on big game as large as Bison. I think he even took his 1,000 yd 7mmRSUM bench gun and made some kills with it. At the time we thought we were on to some kind of "secret" weapon because very few people were hunting using VLD bullets. All during that time I was still reluctant to admit to using match bullets but the proof was right there to see. In my experience using VLDs I have found that one needs to keep velocities fairly high in order to gain maximum terminal performance. In one instance using a lower velocity (arround 2,500 fps) 6.5x55 on whitetail deer I found that the 140 gr bullet did not expand as much as I would have hopped and punched a small hole all the way through. The deer was killed but it ran 40 yds. All part of the learning curve. [/QUOTE]
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