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AR15/10 Rifles
Berger 77gr 224 OTM performance?
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<blockquote data-quote="Kansaswoodguy" data-source="post: 2402962" data-attributes="member: 83267"><p>I've not used the Bergers 77OTR but I've run thousands of the 75 HPBT and 77 SMK's they are my favorite for over 400yd shooting and have even shot my ballistic gel with them before. They are no hunting bullet but I wouldn't have any issue shooting coyote's with them or even a whitetail at probably no farther than 400yds in a pinch, they wouldn't be my first choice for deer. They have a thin jacket and will fragment pretty well but being heavy for caliber they generally held enough of a core together to get some decent penetration also. For a general purpose do everything bullet sure why not. For deer hunting specifically go with 55GMX or 55 Barnes or a bonded lead bullet. I don't use them for prairie dogs not that I wouldn't but I have many boxes of 500 50gr zmax bullets under the loading bench for just such a purpose so I save the heavies for longer range shooting where they shine. I think my ballistic gel photos where a couple iPhones ago. I doubt I can find them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kansaswoodguy, post: 2402962, member: 83267"] I’ve not used the Bergers 77OTR but I’ve run thousands of the 75 HPBT and 77 SMK’s they are my favorite for over 400yd shooting and have even shot my ballistic gel with them before. They are no hunting bullet but I wouldn’t have any issue shooting coyote’s with them or even a whitetail at probably no farther than 400yds in a pinch, they wouldn’t be my first choice for deer. They have a thin jacket and will fragment pretty well but being heavy for caliber they generally held enough of a core together to get some decent penetration also. For a general purpose do everything bullet sure why not. For deer hunting specifically go with 55GMX or 55 Barnes or a bonded lead bullet. I don’t use them for prairie dogs not that I wouldn’t but I have many boxes of 500 50gr zmax bullets under the loading bench for just such a purpose so I save the heavies for longer range shooting where they shine. I think my ballistic gel photos where a couple iPhones ago. I doubt I can find them. [/QUOTE]
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