6.5mm 130 berger hunting vld performance

[Creedmoor shooter]

Ok...... we bought into the berger hype and decided to give them a try. I'd had some in hand for years I just didn't like them because my previous 6.5 creed didn't like them. Fast forward to this year, my semi-custom savage loves them as well as My Dads tc icon precision hunter 6.5 creed. Muzzle velocity ouut of his 22 in is around 3000 fps. He shot a decent NH 10 point this morning at 40 yards that came on a dead run to a bleat can. Bullet hit a rib on the way in, causing a golf ball sized hole on the entry side of the rib cage. Destroyed the heart and lungs and I found the bullet in the hide on the off side. Total weight with some meat chunks that I couldn't get out was 32.5 grains. Pretty happy with its performance. Buck was down in 30yards.

 

[Dosh]

I've read the 140gr Berger is more popular with the 6.5 CM shooters. A friend who doesn't hunt shoots the 130's in his Ruger Precision Rifle with sub-1/2 MOA. I'm going next month on a desert bighorn hunt with a friend who drew a tag after 23 years. He will hunt with a Hells Canyon Speed in 6.5CM and the 140 Bergers. This is my first time loading for the 6.5CM, this caliber shoots lights out.

 

[CaptnC]

I have a box of Berger 6.5 130's Hunting VLD coming for my 264wm...

I have all my brass processed and waiting...will do a meat test at the deer lease in two weeks...be it a hog or a deer.

Bought them for my Aoudad Sheep hunt in January. It will be my stalking gun. My spot and shoot (I hope to be a long range shot) will be with a 300wm pushing 168gr VLD's. It being a Mauser action I'm limited in my mag length so I can't go heavier.

Been getting range time in out to 600 yards, so that will be my limit on this hunt.

I hope the bullets perform as advertised!

 

[Santiam338]

I guess I am the oddball...I shoot the 135 classics out of my 260ai.. This short clip pretty much sums up how they have performed for me...

 

[Creedmoor shooter]

I have a box of Berger 6.5 130's Hunting VLD coming for my 264wm...

I have all my brass processed and waiting...will do a meat test at the deer lease in two weeks...be it a hog or a deer.

Bought them for my Aoudad Sheep hunt in January. It will be my stalking gun. My spot and shoot (I hope to be a long range shot) will be with a 300wm pushing 168gr VLD's. It being a Mauser action I'm limited in my mag length so I can't go heavier.

Been getting range time in out to 600 yards, so that will be my limit on this hunt.

I hope the bullets perform as advertised!

This one appeared to work as advertised. It shed about 80% of its weight which is what the advertise.

 

[BEEMAN]

My RBROS 6.5X47 shoots the Berger 130 hunting really good at just under 3000 fps. I use this gun mainly for practice, but am hoping to hunt with it in Texas this January. Will do a comparison on the 130 Berger and the 130 AccuBond out of my two X47's.

 

[CaptnC]

My wife smashed a nice Texas WT buck with the 6.5 130 Accubond in a 264wm...2nd weekend of the season just over 3100fps at 307 yards...hit shoulder going in...vitals were jello...exited just behind shoulder blade...exit hole was pretty small...bullets are a lot tougher than BT's

 

[RT2506]

I have killed somewhere between one and two dozen white tail with the 130 Accubond out of my 264 Win mag at MV 3350 fps from the 27 3/4" barrel with Retumbo. Shots have been as close as 25 yards out to a touch over 500 yards. Same results DRT. Bullet goes in a should scrambles the vitals and exits about the size of a nickel. I have only recovered one that was shot into a buck at 111 yards almost facing me. It smashed left shoulder and bullet was found against smashed ball socket in right ham. Weight was 87 grs and it was a text book mushroom. Good bullet in my book.

 

[jda2631]

I've shot 185 gr berger hunting vld's out of my 300 wsm for years. Dead serious I've never had a deer that I hit take a step. Every single one has been DRT. Just collapse. They are perfect for white tail. You don't need excessive penetration, they are very thin skinned. And the internal damage is devastating.

 

[Creedmoor shooter]

Here's the bullet

 

[Creedmoor shooter]

This is the carnage it left behind. This is the entry side

 

[BEEMAN]

That worked. Lose some meat but a short tracking job.