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<blockquote data-quote="WV Sendero" data-source="post: 580159" data-attributes="member: 29930"><p>I was interested in the Bergers more for the DRT performance everyone claims rather than the BC. I agree with you in that the BC doesn't matter at those ranges and the Accubond I'm shooting has a BC of .550 which is not bad at all anyway. The reason I was considering another bullet was not because the Accubond failed, but that I shot 2 deer with them and both ran after the shot. One was a little far forward in the shoulder and the deer ran about 100yds but I"ll take the blame on that because the shot should have been back about 4 inches farther. The other was a perfect shot that entered tight behind the nearside shoulder and exited through the backside shoulder. I am not real sure why either deer ran because they both had a large amount of internal damage. Both also had exit wounds larger than golf balls and 1 had one broken shoulder and the other had both broken. I also killed a black bear with these bullets and it made the most devastating kill I have ever seen. The bullet entered middle to low in the chest and stopped in the pelvis bones. The bullet weighed 110gr after recovery. I am thinking that the bullet may not be transferring enough energy to the deer to knock them down because the bullet is not blowing up but instead blows right through. The bullet is definately expanding though. I may end up sticking with them because I am 99.9% sure the bullet will not fail me even if it doesn't drop em' in their tracks all the time. I'm not sure I would have that confidence in a frangible bullet. Would you have concerns shooting a Berger where 90% of the shots will be inside 200 yards?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WV Sendero, post: 580159, member: 29930"] I was interested in the Bergers more for the DRT performance everyone claims rather than the BC. I agree with you in that the BC doesn't matter at those ranges and the Accubond I'm shooting has a BC of .550 which is not bad at all anyway. The reason I was considering another bullet was not because the Accubond failed, but that I shot 2 deer with them and both ran after the shot. One was a little far forward in the shoulder and the deer ran about 100yds but I"ll take the blame on that because the shot should have been back about 4 inches farther. The other was a perfect shot that entered tight behind the nearside shoulder and exited through the backside shoulder. I am not real sure why either deer ran because they both had a large amount of internal damage. Both also had exit wounds larger than golf balls and 1 had one broken shoulder and the other had both broken. I also killed a black bear with these bullets and it made the most devastating kill I have ever seen. The bullet entered middle to low in the chest and stopped in the pelvis bones. The bullet weighed 110gr after recovery. I am thinking that the bullet may not be transferring enough energy to the deer to knock them down because the bullet is not blowing up but instead blows right through. The bullet is definately expanding though. I may end up sticking with them because I am 99.9% sure the bullet will not fail me even if it doesn't drop em' in their tracks all the time. I'm not sure I would have that confidence in a frangible bullet. Would you have concerns shooting a Berger where 90% of the shots will be inside 200 yards? [/QUOTE]
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