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<blockquote data-quote="carpetman2" data-source="post: 349177" data-attributes="member: 18775"><p>I am new to long range hunting & Berger bullets, but based on my limited experience I believe what the post before me said would be my best quess. I took a 7 x 7 Bull Elk this fall at 787 yards with a one shot kill using a 300 Win Mag and 210 grain VLD's @ 2920 fps. I hit him high and at the creese behind the shoulder. He went down in his tracks and left an exit hole about 1 1/2 inches and massive damage to the vitals. I took my buck at 490 yards which took out about 4 inches of spine ( too high). But, my 17 year old daughter took her elk using my gun and load at 300 yards, hit two thirds of the distance low & behind the shoulder and the cow went about 60 yards and bedded down. One shot to the head and she was dispatched. As I looked over the wound channel, I noticed very little trauma to the lung that was hit. Upon further examination I found the bullet had simply passed between the ribs, through soft tissue and exited through the off side passing through a rib leaving a good flow of blood to follow. Now, the cow went down, but there was little damage internally, although the impact at that distance is big. It could be that no bone was touched on your deer and the bullet simply did not open up until it was exiting. I'm not sure, but I'll wager that any bullet would do the same if my hypothisis is correct. The jury is still out for me on close range & the Bergers. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="carpetman2, post: 349177, member: 18775"] I am new to long range hunting & Berger bullets, but based on my limited experience I believe what the post before me said would be my best quess. I took a 7 x 7 Bull Elk this fall at 787 yards with a one shot kill using a 300 Win Mag and 210 grain VLD's @ 2920 fps. I hit him high and at the creese behind the shoulder. He went down in his tracks and left an exit hole about 1 1/2 inches and massive damage to the vitals. I took my buck at 490 yards which took out about 4 inches of spine ( too high). But, my 17 year old daughter took her elk using my gun and load at 300 yards, hit two thirds of the distance low & behind the shoulder and the cow went about 60 yards and bedded down. One shot to the head and she was dispatched. As I looked over the wound channel, I noticed very little trauma to the lung that was hit. Upon further examination I found the bullet had simply passed between the ribs, through soft tissue and exited through the off side passing through a rib leaving a good flow of blood to follow. Now, the cow went down, but there was little damage internally, although the impact at that distance is big. It could be that no bone was touched on your deer and the bullet simply did not open up until it was exiting. I'm not sure, but I'll wager that any bullet would do the same if my hypothisis is correct. The jury is still out for me on close range & the Bergers. :) [/QUOTE]
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