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Berger 208 LRHT on game
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<blockquote data-quote="TexSavage" data-source="post: 2686291" data-attributes="member: 6245"><p>No pics, but I did get one buck using the 208 Hybrids in my 300 WSM. I wish I could tell you it was a good long shot, but 35 yards was the shot that presented itself. I was in a blind about 20' off the ground. The buck was 35 yards out. Bullet hit in the heart lung area, .308 entry hole, exit hole about the size of a baseball with some shredded pieces of lung on the ground. I did have some off shoulder damage, which is typical. One lung was eviscerated, heart looked like someone cut two deep trails across it. There was massive blood loss on the ground and there was a lot of blood pooled up in the heart lung cavity. When I hit him, guessing velocity was about 2790 according to AB (2820 is my MV using a Magneto Speed). The shot violently spun him around 180 degrees and he went bang flop down. Slight twitch for a few seconds then DRT. This is very comparable to my 215 hybrids from 30-335 yards when I placed my shot in the same location. I did a tip check on all my rounds before heading off hunting. This was my first hunt with a suppressor and it was amazing. Wont do it any other way from here on out!</p><p></p><p></p><p>Second animal I killed was a 250 pound boar hog. I hit him in the heart lung area as he was moving across an opening at about 100 yards. Velocity upon impact according to AB was about 2728. The pig acted like someone hit him with a baseball bat and dropped right there. No travel, no second step, no running, just DRT. Little twitching for 30 seconds, then nothing. The bullet exit wound was bigger than a golf ball, maybe the size of a hen egg. I purposefully aimed in the heart lung area to see how the cartilage plates that protect the hogs vitals would affect the Berger, but without cutting him open I can only surmise everything was obliterated. Blood pool was not very big, but I don't mess with the feral too much after I shoot them. Too many parasites.</p><p>All in all very successful performance very similar to almost every Berger bullet I've used to take deer and hogs. Hope this helps.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TexSavage, post: 2686291, member: 6245"] No pics, but I did get one buck using the 208 Hybrids in my 300 WSM. I wish I could tell you it was a good long shot, but 35 yards was the shot that presented itself. I was in a blind about 20' off the ground. The buck was 35 yards out. Bullet hit in the heart lung area, .308 entry hole, exit hole about the size of a baseball with some shredded pieces of lung on the ground. I did have some off shoulder damage, which is typical. One lung was eviscerated, heart looked like someone cut two deep trails across it. There was massive blood loss on the ground and there was a lot of blood pooled up in the heart lung cavity. When I hit him, guessing velocity was about 2790 according to AB (2820 is my MV using a Magneto Speed). The shot violently spun him around 180 degrees and he went bang flop down. Slight twitch for a few seconds then DRT. This is very comparable to my 215 hybrids from 30-335 yards when I placed my shot in the same location. I did a tip check on all my rounds before heading off hunting. This was my first hunt with a suppressor and it was amazing. Wont do it any other way from here on out! Second animal I killed was a 250 pound boar hog. I hit him in the heart lung area as he was moving across an opening at about 100 yards. Velocity upon impact according to AB was about 2728. The pig acted like someone hit him with a baseball bat and dropped right there. No travel, no second step, no running, just DRT. Little twitching for 30 seconds, then nothing. The bullet exit wound was bigger than a golf ball, maybe the size of a hen egg. I purposefully aimed in the heart lung area to see how the cartilage plates that protect the hogs vitals would affect the Berger, but without cutting him open I can only surmise everything was obliterated. Blood pool was not very big, but I don't mess with the feral too much after I shoot them. Too many parasites. All in all very successful performance very similar to almost every Berger bullet I've used to take deer and hogs. Hope this helps. [/QUOTE]
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