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Berger close up on game performance
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<blockquote data-quote="LeddSlinger" data-source="post: 1744543" data-attributes="member: 65338"><p>I have been shooting animals with Berger bullets since the first year they were featured on Best of the West hunting many years ago. About 90% of the animals I have taken were with Berger 6.5mm 140gr VLD bullets from a 6.5 Remington Magnum at around 3210 fps from the muzzle. The other 3 animals were taken with the 338 250gr EH from a 338-375 Ruger at 2980 fps muzzle velocity.</p><p></p><p>There was no hunting, target, hybrids, OTM, etc back when I started using Berger...Just the one type of yellow box Berger bullets. I was extremely skeptical about using a target bullet for hunting, but after trying them for a few years just on antelope, realized these bullets were the real deal. Started using Berger for all animals after that.</p><p></p><p>But if I'm being honest, I would not have taken the same shot on the bull elk mentioned above if my 6.5 Rem Mag was in hand at the time. The 140gr 6.5mm VLD may have done just fine on that same shot, but knowing how thick elk leg bones are, I would not have taken the chance. With the 338 250gr bullet, I knew there was gonna be a ton of energy with a big bullet at 311 yards so I didn't hesitate when having to take a shot from an undesirable angle of entry.</p><p></p><p>I absolutely would NOT have taken that shot using a Nosler Ballistic Tip or even an Accubond. I have shot a lot of animals with them in the past. They open up violently like a Berger, but the difference is that the polymer tip initiates expansion immediately upon impact. Berger always gives excellent penetration of 4-6" before violently opening up.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LeddSlinger, post: 1744543, member: 65338"] I have been shooting animals with Berger bullets since the first year they were featured on Best of the West hunting many years ago. About 90% of the animals I have taken were with Berger 6.5mm 140gr VLD bullets from a 6.5 Remington Magnum at around 3210 fps from the muzzle. The other 3 animals were taken with the 338 250gr EH from a 338-375 Ruger at 2980 fps muzzle velocity. There was no hunting, target, hybrids, OTM, etc back when I started using Berger...Just the one type of yellow box Berger bullets. I was extremely skeptical about using a target bullet for hunting, but after trying them for a few years just on antelope, realized these bullets were the real deal. Started using Berger for all animals after that. But if I'm being honest, I would not have taken the same shot on the bull elk mentioned above if my 6.5 Rem Mag was in hand at the time. The 140gr 6.5mm VLD may have done just fine on that same shot, but knowing how thick elk leg bones are, I would not have taken the chance. With the 338 250gr bullet, I knew there was gonna be a ton of energy with a big bullet at 311 yards so I didn't hesitate when having to take a shot from an undesirable angle of entry. I absolutely would NOT have taken that shot using a Nosler Ballistic Tip or even an Accubond. I have shot a lot of animals with them in the past. They open up violently like a Berger, but the difference is that the polymer tip initiates expansion immediately upon impact. Berger always gives excellent penetration of 4-6" before violently opening up. [/QUOTE]
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