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Disappointed with the Berger 156 grain EOL
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<blockquote data-quote="vancewalker007" data-source="post: 2431044" data-attributes="member: 66917"><p>Over the last 10 years my father, myself, and my son have killed 19 or so Coues bucks, 4 Elk, and several Antelope at ranges from 290-1092 yards with various Bergers VLDs, Hybrid Target, EOLs etc. and they have all been recovered and the majority have been bang-flops and a few ran a short distance then expired. In the last 3 years I have used the Berger 156 EOL from my 6.5 PRC which has killed 4 Coues bucks and 18 head of African plains game ranging from springbok to Eland from about 80 yards to 743 yards with most in the 300-743 yard region. Never lost a single animal. I think a handful had exits. It seems like the Hybrid Targets give exits more often. I think the jackets on the target bullets are slightly heavier.</p><p></p><p>I think if you want to be more sure on getting an exit wound I'd switch to a bonded bullet, a partition, or a mono and call it a day. If I was hunting where shots were going to tend to be 0-300, which is a lot of whitetail hunting areas, I'd pick a bonded bullet like an Accubond or Swift Sirocco. I've used both in the past with great results.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="vancewalker007, post: 2431044, member: 66917"] Over the last 10 years my father, myself, and my son have killed 19 or so Coues bucks, 4 Elk, and several Antelope at ranges from 290-1092 yards with various Bergers VLDs, Hybrid Target, EOLs etc. and they have all been recovered and the majority have been bang-flops and a few ran a short distance then expired. In the last 3 years I have used the Berger 156 EOL from my 6.5 PRC which has killed 4 Coues bucks and 18 head of African plains game ranging from springbok to Eland from about 80 yards to 743 yards with most in the 300-743 yard region. Never lost a single animal. I think a handful had exits. It seems like the Hybrid Targets give exits more often. I think the jackets on the target bullets are slightly heavier. I think if you want to be more sure on getting an exit wound I'd switch to a bonded bullet, a partition, or a mono and call it a day. If I was hunting where shots were going to tend to be 0-300, which is a lot of whitetail hunting areas, I'd pick a bonded bullet like an Accubond or Swift Sirocco. I've used both in the past with great results. [/QUOTE]
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