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Long Range thick skin bullets
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<blockquote data-quote="MontanaRifleman" data-source="post: 862226" data-attributes="member: 11717"><p>From the Berger Site on hunting bullets. They are advertising 13"to 15" of penetration. IMO, this amount of penetration may lead to one surviving lung one a moose sized animal. That said, I have read reports where the wound channels through bull elk are longer than that at longer ranges. </p><p></p><p>A rear quartering shot on a moose would have to hit right behind the last rib on a moose to have hope of good penetration into the lungs. Not much room for error IMO.</p><p></p><p>Lesson learned for me is I would not use a Berger on moose size game because if you don't get the ideal shot with the ideal expansion velocity range you run a high risk of poor performance.</p><p></p><p>Maybe with a 300 gr 338 bullet, you get better penetration?</p><p></p><p>I think Berger should be a little more specific on expected performance by caliber, weight and velocity range.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MontanaRifleman, post: 862226, member: 11717"] From the Berger Site on hunting bullets. They are advertising 13"to 15" of penetration. IMO, this amount of penetration may lead to one surviving lung one a moose sized animal. That said, I have read reports where the wound channels through bull elk are longer than that at longer ranges. A rear quartering shot on a moose would have to hit right behind the last rib on a moose to have hope of good penetration into the lungs. Not much room for error IMO. Lesson learned for me is I would not use a Berger on moose size game because if you don't get the ideal shot with the ideal expansion velocity range you run a high risk of poor performance. Maybe with a 300 gr 338 bullet, you get better penetration? I think Berger should be a little more specific on expected performance by caliber, weight and velocity range. [/QUOTE]
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