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Pics of Berger Bullets NOT Performing????
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<blockquote data-quote="cowboy" data-source="post: 1135403" data-attributes="member: 8833"><p>I and my 2 sons have been shooting Bergers since John Burns put Berger into the hunting Bullet business. We have taken more than our fair share of different animals with the Berger bullets. </p><p></p><p>I had my first "recovered Berger bullet failure" last year out of a bull elk. Long story short it didn't open and turned into a "tumbler". After many different emails back and forth with Berger " no answer", very accommodating and as always very professional. </p><p></p><p>Why did it not open up - this very same rifle, bullet, powder, primer etc. has taken many elk as well as other game with never a problem. What could I do to not have this reoccur - never got an answer. </p><p></p><p>I buy my Berger bullets in 500 lot quantities to get the same lot numbers. I had 2 different lot numbers in my reloading room. I took a pin vice with a .027" bit and tested 100 bullets from each lot. One lot # had maybe a half dozen tips that were questionable tip openings. The other lot # had a very large per cent where the holes were either plumb plugged or partially plugged. Here in is where I would look for an answer. In my opinion you form your bullets holding tight OD tolerances and let the ID "fall where it may". Sometimes the tip has a hole and sometimes less than that. </p><p></p><p>The first Berger bullet failures reported on the net I blew off as they didn't know squat because it had never happened to us. The reports kept coming as Berger became more popular. </p><p></p><p> I'm checking all my Berger hunting bullets now for tip openings - if one of us has another one that doesn't do it's job after this, that we can prove, that will be it.</p><p></p><p>So the question I would ask of you and other forum members is - has anyone ever had a report of a Berger not openning up after either uniforming the meplat or at least checking the hole tip with something like a pin vice?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cowboy, post: 1135403, member: 8833"] I and my 2 sons have been shooting Bergers since John Burns put Berger into the hunting Bullet business. We have taken more than our fair share of different animals with the Berger bullets. I had my first "recovered Berger bullet failure" last year out of a bull elk. Long story short it didn't open and turned into a "tumbler". After many different emails back and forth with Berger " no answer", very accommodating and as always very professional. Why did it not open up - this very same rifle, bullet, powder, primer etc. has taken many elk as well as other game with never a problem. What could I do to not have this reoccur - never got an answer. I buy my Berger bullets in 500 lot quantities to get the same lot numbers. I had 2 different lot numbers in my reloading room. I took a pin vice with a .027" bit and tested 100 bullets from each lot. One lot # had maybe a half dozen tips that were questionable tip openings. The other lot # had a very large per cent where the holes were either plumb plugged or partially plugged. Here in is where I would look for an answer. In my opinion you form your bullets holding tight OD tolerances and let the ID "fall where it may". Sometimes the tip has a hole and sometimes less than that. The first Berger bullet failures reported on the net I blew off as they didn't know squat because it had never happened to us. The reports kept coming as Berger became more popular. I'm checking all my Berger hunting bullets now for tip openings - if one of us has another one that doesn't do it's job after this, that we can prove, that will be it. So the question I would ask of you and other forum members is - has anyone ever had a report of a Berger not openning up after either uniforming the meplat or at least checking the hole tip with something like a pin vice? [/QUOTE]
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