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Berger Bullets vs Controlled Expansion Bullets
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<blockquote data-quote="bigngreen" data-source="post: 435367" data-attributes="member: 13632"><p>Not offended but would respond that I sceptically started giving Bergers a try and after a friend shooting a 300class bull elk with a 243 though the shoulder, spine and ending just under the shoulder on the off side at 100yrds I got serious enough to shoot an elk with one so I shot one cow at 335 yrds with my 270 WSM through the heart and I was amazed how hard that elk dropped, so I've shot some more and results are impressing every time, I don't need to put it on bone just hold behind the shoulder and drop em. I would not put the Berger in a varmint type frangible they penetrate and unleash, I have yet to hear of one splash wounding so they aren't as frangible as your thinking in fact if they have any problem it is over penetrating and not opening. I also really like the Accubond style bonded bullet, they open fast but punch though, I have a very high confidence factor with a bullet of this style, copper bullet do nothing for me and I've had way more bad things happen with them than a Berger type bullet. I do plan on giving the GS HV line of bullets a try for a copper bullet.</p><p></p><p>This is long range hunting some times a varmint bullet works great when you shoot them in the range that the velocity lets them function like a normal bullet, some of the ranges we have shot some stuff a Barnes or Bonded bullet would not even open up but a varmint bullet opens nice and kill very effectively.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bigngreen, post: 435367, member: 13632"] Not offended but would respond that I sceptically started giving Bergers a try and after a friend shooting a 300class bull elk with a 243 though the shoulder, spine and ending just under the shoulder on the off side at 100yrds I got serious enough to shoot an elk with one so I shot one cow at 335 yrds with my 270 WSM through the heart and I was amazed how hard that elk dropped, so I've shot some more and results are impressing every time, I don't need to put it on bone just hold behind the shoulder and drop em. I would not put the Berger in a varmint type frangible they penetrate and unleash, I have yet to hear of one splash wounding so they aren't as frangible as your thinking in fact if they have any problem it is over penetrating and not opening. I also really like the Accubond style bonded bullet, they open fast but punch though, I have a very high confidence factor with a bullet of this style, copper bullet do nothing for me and I've had way more bad things happen with them than a Berger type bullet. I do plan on giving the GS HV line of bullets a try for a copper bullet. This is long range hunting some times a varmint bullet works great when you shoot them in the range that the velocity lets them function like a normal bullet, some of the ranges we have shot some stuff a Barnes or Bonded bullet would not even open up but a varmint bullet opens nice and kill very effectively. [/QUOTE]
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