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215 Hybrid Short Range Terminal Performance
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<blockquote data-quote="elkaholic" data-source="post: 687391" data-attributes="member: 13833"><p>Tumbleweed.....Please don't take this as a knock on your test or particularly on Berger bullets but there is something I have found in my testing that might make a difference here. First of all, wood, when struck by almost any bullet will hold it together as long as the bullet is confined by the wood. The strength of the wood apparently directs the forces more forward, i.e. the wood will not allow the bullet to come apart. My point being, the elks shoulder bone is not the first thing that the bullet encounters but rather a bunch of meat which allows the bullet to "blow outward" more rapidly. If you were to fire a Berger, or any other expanding bullet, into solid wood thick enough to capture the bullet, you would find the bullet intact. If you fire a Berger into water at that velocity, you will find nothing but "Fairy dust"! Try doing the same test with the bullet traveling 4-5" through soft material (meat, water, etc) then thru your wood (or bone) and then into the water jugs and see if the results are the same? Again, I'm not saying you won't have good results with the Berger, but I'm saying your results may be significantly different. Keep on testing! That's how we learn........Rich</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="elkaholic, post: 687391, member: 13833"] Tumbleweed.....Please don't take this as a knock on your test or particularly on Berger bullets but there is something I have found in my testing that might make a difference here. First of all, wood, when struck by almost any bullet will hold it together as long as the bullet is confined by the wood. The strength of the wood apparently directs the forces more forward, i.e. the wood will not allow the bullet to come apart. My point being, the elks shoulder bone is not the first thing that the bullet encounters but rather a bunch of meat which allows the bullet to "blow outward" more rapidly. If you were to fire a Berger, or any other expanding bullet, into solid wood thick enough to capture the bullet, you would find the bullet intact. If you fire a Berger into water at that velocity, you will find nothing but "Fairy dust"! Try doing the same test with the bullet traveling 4-5" through soft material (meat, water, etc) then thru your wood (or bone) and then into the water jugs and see if the results are the same? Again, I'm not saying you won't have good results with the Berger, but I'm saying your results may be significantly different. Keep on testing! That's how we learn........Rich [/QUOTE]
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