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<blockquote data-quote="bigngreen" data-source="post: 1197099" data-attributes="member: 13632"><p>I shoot 215 Bergers in a 308, never had one not exit but I honestly don't care about the exit but what's in the middle, my 10 year old daughter has tracked deer and elk hit with it since she was 6 so she could learn how to trail and ID hits based on the blood trails. I've shot a lot of 140 Bergers in 6.5's, never caught one in a deer even shooting through both shoulders, did catch one in a cow elk last year, she was getting out of dodge and I caught her with a heavy quartering shot right in low shoulder with a steep up angle, blew her shoulder, blew all the lung and big blood vessels in the front of the chest and I found the mangle base of the bullet under the skin up in her neck, she went two steps and flipped over and slide 300 yards down hill to my feet.</p><p>The 300 Win mags, with 215's and 230, never had one move out of sight, 230s exit most ranges 215 some do some don't depending on how hard the hit was. The 230 in RUM's clean them out and get good penetration, I'm playing with 30-338 Lapua improved to drive them out into the mile range now. I have many, many customers shooting 215's in Win mags and 230's in RUM's, many elk guides as well. </p><p>Many 300 gr Berger from RUM's, never had one not exit and elk but mostly shot with some range.</p><p>Buddy killed an Alaskan moose last year with a frontal shot with a 140 Berger hybrid, found the bullet in the back flank, he could not move after first shot because his lungs were trash but he could hold his feet so a second round caught him in the neck, that bullet was under the hide on the of side, on an alaskan bull moose with a 140 from a 6.5x284.</p><p>We've shot a pile of deer and antelope with 22-250's loaded with Berger varmint bullets, I've only seen one not exit on a doe shot close through both shoulders, put a few hundred yards on them and exits are consistent.</p><p></p><p>This is why a lot of use shoot the Berger heavy for cal, cause we just walk up to where they piled up and gather kill after kill. I'll do the same for any other bullet but I may change my shot range or placement to make sure I'm getting these kind of results, I run heavy for cal for everything now, Bergers, Cutting Edge, Hammers everything, I hate tracking, I hate guessing about if I hit something good I just want to see an animal wobbling from significant blood loss through my scope for few steps before flopping over!</p><p>If it were up to me Berger would only make two 30 cal bullets, 215 and 230 Hybrid, I've seen the 185 and 190's work but only at WSM speeds but the other two bullets are heads and shoulders better!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bigngreen, post: 1197099, member: 13632"] I shoot 215 Bergers in a 308, never had one not exit but I honestly don't care about the exit but what's in the middle, my 10 year old daughter has tracked deer and elk hit with it since she was 6 so she could learn how to trail and ID hits based on the blood trails. I've shot a lot of 140 Bergers in 6.5's, never caught one in a deer even shooting through both shoulders, did catch one in a cow elk last year, she was getting out of dodge and I caught her with a heavy quartering shot right in low shoulder with a steep up angle, blew her shoulder, blew all the lung and big blood vessels in the front of the chest and I found the mangle base of the bullet under the skin up in her neck, she went two steps and flipped over and slide 300 yards down hill to my feet. The 300 Win mags, with 215's and 230, never had one move out of sight, 230s exit most ranges 215 some do some don't depending on how hard the hit was. The 230 in RUM's clean them out and get good penetration, I'm playing with 30-338 Lapua improved to drive them out into the mile range now. I have many, many customers shooting 215's in Win mags and 230's in RUM's, many elk guides as well. Many 300 gr Berger from RUM's, never had one not exit and elk but mostly shot with some range. Buddy killed an Alaskan moose last year with a frontal shot with a 140 Berger hybrid, found the bullet in the back flank, he could not move after first shot because his lungs were trash but he could hold his feet so a second round caught him in the neck, that bullet was under the hide on the of side, on an alaskan bull moose with a 140 from a 6.5x284. We've shot a pile of deer and antelope with 22-250's loaded with Berger varmint bullets, I've only seen one not exit on a doe shot close through both shoulders, put a few hundred yards on them and exits are consistent. This is why a lot of use shoot the Berger heavy for cal, cause we just walk up to where they piled up and gather kill after kill. I'll do the same for any other bullet but I may change my shot range or placement to make sure I'm getting these kind of results, I run heavy for cal for everything now, Bergers, Cutting Edge, Hammers everything, I hate tracking, I hate guessing about if I hit something good I just want to see an animal wobbling from significant blood loss through my scope for few steps before flopping over! If it were up to me Berger would only make two 30 cal bullets, 215 and 230 Hybrid, I've seen the 185 and 190's work but only at WSM speeds but the other two bullets are heads and shoulders better!! [/QUOTE]
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