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Nosler Accubond LR Results
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<blockquote data-quote="Engineering101" data-source="post: 924055" data-attributes="member: 63138"><p>chad</p><p> </p><p>Bergers are known to penetrate 2 or 3 inches and then expand "rapidly". Some would say blow up. Weight retention is very low. But they kill stuff. DRT is common. Barnes will blow a hole clear through most anything and if you are close you have plenty of energy to kill stuff though you might also hammer the tree behind the animal. Meat damage is minimal but the animal might run 20 yards or so before falling over. At least the stuff I've shot and seen double lunged with Barnes (both deer and elk) has done that. At longer ranges as you get down to 1,800 fps which is the min velocity for Barnes and Berger to exhibit expansion per the manufacturers you don't have energy to waste on the tree behind the animal so it seems you might want the bullet (and all the energy) to stay in the animal which a Berger will do way more than a Barnes. So I'm not saying Bergers are soft. They do what they do and you want to understand what they do so you can apply them to best advantage.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Engineering101, post: 924055, member: 63138"] chad Bergers are known to penetrate 2 or 3 inches and then expand "rapidly". Some would say blow up. Weight retention is very low. But they kill stuff. DRT is common. Barnes will blow a hole clear through most anything and if you are close you have plenty of energy to kill stuff though you might also hammer the tree behind the animal. Meat damage is minimal but the animal might run 20 yards or so before falling over. At least the stuff I've shot and seen double lunged with Barnes (both deer and elk) has done that. At longer ranges as you get down to 1,800 fps which is the min velocity for Barnes and Berger to exhibit expansion per the manufacturers you don't have energy to waste on the tree behind the animal so it seems you might want the bullet (and all the energy) to stay in the animal which a Berger will do way more than a Barnes. So I'm not saying Bergers are soft. They do what they do and you want to understand what they do so you can apply them to best advantage. [/QUOTE]
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