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Berger Bullets vs Controlled Expansion Bullets
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<blockquote data-quote="wvcountryboy" data-source="post: 452952" data-attributes="member: 28693"><p>I may have an unpopular comment to some of you but its just my .02. I dont have any experience with the bergers yet (i plan to) but I have shot MANY deer with match kings and ballistic tip varmit bullets and sierra varminters. I am a fan of a fragmenting bullets. Some people will say they blow up on the hide, I can't argue that. But isnt that like holding a shotgun right on the hide? If a bullet has 3000 ft/lbs of energy at a given distance and the bullet is stopped inside the animal, that animal has just received 3000 ft/lbs of energy. If a bullet has 3000 ft/lbs of energy, epands to a dime sized mushroom and passes through, how much energy did the animal receive? 500?1000? I have never shot an elk but I shot a deer in the shoulder with a 250 match king under 300 yards. That bone just made more shrapnel and it took a hop and died in the air. I have seen deer run 100s of yards with perfectly placed partitions. I know an elk is much bigger, but if you hit one in the shoulder with a partition, accubond, or game king will it do much better?</p><p> </p><p>With either type of bullet you can have an animal run. I just prefer the thin jacket myself. But then again, i hunt deer. We dont have elk.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wvcountryboy, post: 452952, member: 28693"] I may have an unpopular comment to some of you but its just my .02. I dont have any experience with the bergers yet (i plan to) but I have shot MANY deer with match kings and ballistic tip varmit bullets and sierra varminters. I am a fan of a fragmenting bullets. Some people will say they blow up on the hide, I can't argue that. But isnt that like holding a shotgun right on the hide? If a bullet has 3000 ft/lbs of energy at a given distance and the bullet is stopped inside the animal, that animal has just received 3000 ft/lbs of energy. If a bullet has 3000 ft/lbs of energy, epands to a dime sized mushroom and passes through, how much energy did the animal receive? 500?1000? I have never shot an elk but I shot a deer in the shoulder with a 250 match king under 300 yards. That bone just made more shrapnel and it took a hop and died in the air. I have seen deer run 100s of yards with perfectly placed partitions. I know an elk is much bigger, but if you hit one in the shoulder with a partition, accubond, or game king will it do much better? With either type of bullet you can have an animal run. I just prefer the thin jacket myself. But then again, i hunt deer. We dont have elk. [/QUOTE]
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