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Berger Bullets vs Controlled Expansion Bullets
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<blockquote data-quote="cfvickers" data-source="post: 570503" data-attributes="member: 25488"><p>If I were hunting in the land of massive carnivores, I believe I would stick to a single bullet plan which I knew would kill any animal encountered. I would hate to know I had two rounds to kill Mr. Bear while I am shaking and firing away and Mr. Bear salivates at the thought of Vickers tartar. I love my Berger Bullets, But the only carnivore I ever MIGHT encounter in my area is a relatively small cougar/Mountain lion. And that is an EXTREMELY slight chance. Our game and fish commission does not even acknowledge they exist here, but a lot of people, myself included, have seen them on rare occasions. Considering I shoot 6.5mm rifles almost exclusively, I would not trust my life with anything less than a bullet proven to penetrate deep AND expand with very near absolute certainty. I haven't the experience to say for sure, but I believe that if confronted with a close in grizzly I would be doing my dead level best to give hime every round available in short time, I want to know that ALL of them are capable of killing him as I am not sure which of them, if any, would land in the right place. This is a situation similar to a cop in a gun fight who is so anxious to put rounds down range that he misses 14 times and hits once. Having not encountered such a situation I have to consider this may be my mindset. There is no time to change your mind or stop and think at that point.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cfvickers, post: 570503, member: 25488"] If I were hunting in the land of massive carnivores, I believe I would stick to a single bullet plan which I knew would kill any animal encountered. I would hate to know I had two rounds to kill Mr. Bear while I am shaking and firing away and Mr. Bear salivates at the thought of Vickers tartar. I love my Berger Bullets, But the only carnivore I ever MIGHT encounter in my area is a relatively small cougar/Mountain lion. And that is an EXTREMELY slight chance. Our game and fish commission does not even acknowledge they exist here, but a lot of people, myself included, have seen them on rare occasions. Considering I shoot 6.5mm rifles almost exclusively, I would not trust my life with anything less than a bullet proven to penetrate deep AND expand with very near absolute certainty. I haven't the experience to say for sure, but I believe that if confronted with a close in grizzly I would be doing my dead level best to give hime every round available in short time, I want to know that ALL of them are capable of killing him as I am not sure which of them, if any, would land in the right place. This is a situation similar to a cop in a gun fight who is so anxious to put rounds down range that he misses 14 times and hits once. Having not encountered such a situation I have to consider this may be my mindset. There is no time to change your mind or stop and think at that point. [/QUOTE]
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