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"Match" bullets for hunting?
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<blockquote data-quote="idaho elk hunter" data-source="post: 932243" data-attributes="member: 68226"><p><em> have had horrible experiences with MATCH bullets in hunting applications. I cannot get the Berger to shoot worth a sh!t in my favorite 7mm nor in my favorite 338 cals. I PUSH them vey hard. At over 3100 with a 300 gr pill, no signs of over pressure and the 7mm 175 over 3150 with no sign of pressure. Maybe this is the problem. I shot a elk 2 yrs ago eth the 162 amax at over 3240fps. Hit twice and she did not show any signs of a hit on retrieval. She was finished off with another 7mm with a factory loaded 175. I thought my shots missed! She was only 540 yds. Amaxs went in 4 inches and disintegrated. I bought another lot of 162 amax thinking the lot was bad and loaded them up and shot a little antelope at 700 yds. Dropped and got back up. Shot again. Dropped and got back up.. NEVER RETRIEVED. We even used the Jack Russel to find it. GONE! SMK I have never tried. And like I stated the Bergers are not performing. I bought the OTM Bergers and am loading them now to see if this bullet slump issue goes away. I doubt it. If it does I am fear full that this internet talk might have sent me the wrong way again! I now am selling the amax bullets' Two people have sent me PMs. I hope they are being used for hunting applications. If I wasn't so dam old I would post these a max pics of the recovered bullets. If my wife knows how I will do it later today.</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="idaho elk hunter, post: 932243, member: 68226"] [I] have had horrible experiences with MATCH bullets in hunting applications. I cannot get the Berger to shoot worth a sh!t in my favorite 7mm nor in my favorite 338 cals. I PUSH them vey hard. At over 3100 with a 300 gr pill, no signs of over pressure and the 7mm 175 over 3150 with no sign of pressure. Maybe this is the problem. I shot a elk 2 yrs ago eth the 162 amax at over 3240fps. Hit twice and she did not show any signs of a hit on retrieval. She was finished off with another 7mm with a factory loaded 175. I thought my shots missed! She was only 540 yds. Amaxs went in 4 inches and disintegrated. I bought another lot of 162 amax thinking the lot was bad and loaded them up and shot a little antelope at 700 yds. Dropped and got back up. Shot again. Dropped and got back up.. NEVER RETRIEVED. We even used the Jack Russel to find it. GONE! SMK I have never tried. And like I stated the Bergers are not performing. I bought the OTM Bergers and am loading them now to see if this bullet slump issue goes away. I doubt it. If it does I am fear full that this internet talk might have sent me the wrong way again! I now am selling the amax bullets' Two people have sent me PMs. I hope they are being used for hunting applications. If I wasn't so dam old I would post these a max pics of the recovered bullets. If my wife knows how I will do it later today.[/I] [/QUOTE]
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