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Review-Berger 230 gr Target Terminal Performance
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<blockquote data-quote="cwinner" data-source="post: 875919" data-attributes="member: 17315"><p>I thought I would add my recent experiences to your thread......we shot two bull elk with the 230 OTM bullets out of a 300 Winchester at 2,730 fps (slightly different than the target) this year with less than stellar performance. Luckily we harvested both bulls......</p><p></p><p>Bull #1 shot 1/4 facing shooter at 586 yds.....missed the wind slightly and the bullet entered just in front of the shoulder and hit the bulls neck......dropped him like a ton of bricks but when we got over to him he was still alive. Further examination showed that the bullet basically came apart on the spine and did not penetrate to the vitals....I was not happy with this performance.</p><p></p><p>Bull #2 shot broadside at 200 yds, the bull hardly flinched at the first shot through the boiler room behind the shoulder, a quick follow up shot was sent through the shoulders and brought the bull down after breaking bone. The first shot looked like it did not expand much and the second one did the work, of course it was breaking bone and pushing lots of fragments through the vitals.</p><p></p><p>I love the accuracy of this load for long range but I'm not using them again for hunting. Target bullets are for targets, hunting billets are for hunting...mixing and matching applications will eventually lead to trouble.</p><p></p><p>Not trying to start a fight, but I'll not be using these bullets for this application again.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cwinner, post: 875919, member: 17315"] I thought I would add my recent experiences to your thread......we shot two bull elk with the 230 OTM bullets out of a 300 Winchester at 2,730 fps (slightly different than the target) this year with less than stellar performance. Luckily we harvested both bulls...... Bull #1 shot 1/4 facing shooter at 586 yds.....missed the wind slightly and the bullet entered just in front of the shoulder and hit the bulls neck......dropped him like a ton of bricks but when we got over to him he was still alive. Further examination showed that the bullet basically came apart on the spine and did not penetrate to the vitals....I was not happy with this performance. Bull #2 shot broadside at 200 yds, the bull hardly flinched at the first shot through the boiler room behind the shoulder, a quick follow up shot was sent through the shoulders and brought the bull down after breaking bone. The first shot looked like it did not expand much and the second one did the work, of course it was breaking bone and pushing lots of fragments through the vitals. I love the accuracy of this load for long range but I'm not using them again for hunting. Target bullets are for targets, hunting billets are for hunting...mixing and matching applications will eventually lead to trouble. Not trying to start a fight, but I'll not be using these bullets for this application again. [/QUOTE]
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