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can i shoot berger out of my WSM?
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<blockquote data-quote="Tikkamike" data-source="post: 694957" data-attributes="member: 22242"><p>This probably wont be the most popular answer but as I see it energy is an irrelevant number. a baseball thrown by a pitcher hitting the batter has 10x more energy than a bullet hitting an animal at 200 yards and it doesnt kill him. it takes very little energy to put a bullet through an animal. and if you are shooting with a max range of 6-700 yards a high BC isnt super important either (although a higher BC always flies flatter and fights wind better) What you want is a bullet that will expand and retain enough weight to penetrate the animal and break bones on the way through. ..Some people like fragmenting bullets, I am not one of them. I like to know that no matter what angle I hit the animal I am getting the bullet all the way through. </p><p>Now to address the OAL issue. Yes the berger is very long and to fit the magazine will probably have to be seated way down in the case (using up case capacity) and probably deteriorating accuracy (maybe not depends on your rifle) an accubond will get you much closer to the lands and still fit the magazine and its an excellent weight retaining bullet. Another option is Barnes which actually prefer a long jump to the lands typically and have 95-100% weight retention which means you are breaking bones on the way in, ripping up organs on the way through and breaking more bone on the way out and creating 2 sucking chest wounds which are fatal in themselves. </p><p>I am in emergency response and when a victim has just 1 hole its a whole lot easier to save them than when they have 2 holes.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tikkamike, post: 694957, member: 22242"] This probably wont be the most popular answer but as I see it energy is an irrelevant number. a baseball thrown by a pitcher hitting the batter has 10x more energy than a bullet hitting an animal at 200 yards and it doesnt kill him. it takes very little energy to put a bullet through an animal. and if you are shooting with a max range of 6-700 yards a high BC isnt super important either (although a higher BC always flies flatter and fights wind better) What you want is a bullet that will expand and retain enough weight to penetrate the animal and break bones on the way through. ..Some people like fragmenting bullets, I am not one of them. I like to know that no matter what angle I hit the animal I am getting the bullet all the way through. Now to address the OAL issue. Yes the berger is very long and to fit the magazine will probably have to be seated way down in the case (using up case capacity) and probably deteriorating accuracy (maybe not depends on your rifle) an accubond will get you much closer to the lands and still fit the magazine and its an excellent weight retaining bullet. Another option is Barnes which actually prefer a long jump to the lands typically and have 95-100% weight retention which means you are breaking bones on the way in, ripping up organs on the way through and breaking more bone on the way out and creating 2 sucking chest wounds which are fatal in themselves. I am in emergency response and when a victim has just 1 hole its a whole lot easier to save them than when they have 2 holes. [/QUOTE]
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