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<blockquote data-quote="Paladin300" data-source="post: 2426492" data-attributes="member: 115299"><p>Thank you guys for all the good discussion on my experience. I would not have believed it had I not experienced it for myself. I had not thought about impact velocity being to high.<img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🤔" title="Thinking face :thinking:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f914.png" data-shortname=":thinking:" /> I understand the sectional density conversation but I don't really know that it is relative to the issue. A sectional density of .250 is more than enough to take down an Elk with a 150 grain bullet in say a 308. It is true velocities are much slower than the 270 but kinetic energy is just north of 2100 ft lbs at 100 yards and velocities should have been around 2750. That deer should have hit the ground on the first shot much less the subsequent two. It makes zero sense even when you consider sectional density. I will be headed to the range when the season ends here next week and I will chrono the rounds to get a more accurate idea of what happened. The bullets could be traveling at a much higher velocity. Remember the reason we went to the Bergers was because we were getting complete pass thru with the eldx with little expansion inside 200 yards. The Bergers had the exact opposite effect. I would try the 140, which have worked well in the past but there are none available. The 140 interbonds have worked quite well but a 130 grain hunting bullet of any flavor from a 270 should have been more than enough to get the job done! Ole Jack would have been sorely disappointed! Needless to say I love Bergers for competitions but I want be using them for hunting in the foreseeable future.<img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🤔" title="Thinking face :thinking:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f914.png" data-shortname=":thinking:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Paladin300, post: 2426492, member: 115299"] Thank you guys for all the good discussion on my experience. I would not have believed it had I not experienced it for myself. I had not thought about impact velocity being to high.🤔 I understand the sectional density conversation but I don’t really know that it is relative to the issue. A sectional density of .250 is more than enough to take down an Elk with a 150 grain bullet in say a 308. It is true velocities are much slower than the 270 but kinetic energy is just north of 2100 ft lbs at 100 yards and velocities should have been around 2750. That deer should have hit the ground on the first shot much less the subsequent two. It makes zero sense even when you consider sectional density. I will be headed to the range when the season ends here next week and I will chrono the rounds to get a more accurate idea of what happened. The bullets could be traveling at a much higher velocity. Remember the reason we went to the Bergers was because we were getting complete pass thru with the eldx with little expansion inside 200 yards. The Bergers had the exact opposite effect. I would try the 140, which have worked well in the past but there are none available. The 140 interbonds have worked quite well but a 130 grain hunting bullet of any flavor from a 270 should have been more than enough to get the job done! Ole Jack would have been sorely disappointed! Needless to say I love Bergers for competitions but I want be using them for hunting in the foreseeable future.🤔 [/QUOTE]
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