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<blockquote data-quote="Lpart" data-source="post: 1028415" data-attributes="member: 25642"><p>I hate to be a contrarian but after four years or so I finally turned away from the Bergers. I shot a number of antelope and deer with them successfully but never had an exit and really had to work hard to find an entrance in most cases. I as using the 140 gr 6.5's in a 6.5x284. The final straw was my decision to take them to Africa. I was using the 185 gr .308 in a 300 WM. I shot a zebra and two wildebeest and in all cases the bullet failed to enter the vitals. African animals have a little different structure and their vitals are forward a bit right behind the shoulder so you must hit bone to get to the important stuff. My PH was not very happy and fortunately I had taken a 375 Ruger with me which I ended up using for most of the hunt very successfully. I did use the Bergers on my leopard because I really didn't want to ruin it with a 375. I successfully killed the leopard with a shot that centered the heart. That was the good part. The bad part was that being heart shot it did jump off into the thick stuff. We could only find one drop of blood to confirm that I even hit the animal. I was positive that I had as the shot was only 70 yards from a dead rest but my PH was skeptical. We had to move into the brush on hands and knees and found the leopard dead about 40 yards in. Upon examination we could only find the entry wound because of one very tiny drop of blood on his chest. There was no exit even if 70 yards. My PH said he would never take another hunter using these bullets. He always wants a blood trail and and an exit. I returned home and thought about this a great deal and finally decided that I agreed with him. I finally decided to move away from the Bergers and sold all 400 of the 6.5 and 308's they had on my shelf. I am now using the Barnes and everything always dies quickly and I always get an exit and a blood trail.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lpart, post: 1028415, member: 25642"] I hate to be a contrarian but after four years or so I finally turned away from the Bergers. I shot a number of antelope and deer with them successfully but never had an exit and really had to work hard to find an entrance in most cases. I as using the 140 gr 6.5's in a 6.5x284. The final straw was my decision to take them to Africa. I was using the 185 gr .308 in a 300 WM. I shot a zebra and two wildebeest and in all cases the bullet failed to enter the vitals. African animals have a little different structure and their vitals are forward a bit right behind the shoulder so you must hit bone to get to the important stuff. My PH was not very happy and fortunately I had taken a 375 Ruger with me which I ended up using for most of the hunt very successfully. I did use the Bergers on my leopard because I really didn't want to ruin it with a 375. I successfully killed the leopard with a shot that centered the heart. That was the good part. The bad part was that being heart shot it did jump off into the thick stuff. We could only find one drop of blood to confirm that I even hit the animal. I was positive that I had as the shot was only 70 yards from a dead rest but my PH was skeptical. We had to move into the brush on hands and knees and found the leopard dead about 40 yards in. Upon examination we could only find the entry wound because of one very tiny drop of blood on his chest. There was no exit even if 70 yards. My PH said he would never take another hunter using these bullets. He always wants a blood trail and and an exit. I returned home and thought about this a great deal and finally decided that I agreed with him. I finally decided to move away from the Bergers and sold all 400 of the 6.5 and 308's they had on my shelf. I am now using the Barnes and everything always dies quickly and I always get an exit and a blood trail. [/QUOTE]
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