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Disappointed with the Berger 156 grain EOL
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<blockquote data-quote="big johnson" data-source="post: 2436236" data-attributes="member: 116259"><p>We shot two mule deer bucks lest fall with the 6.5 prc and 156 eol's at 3008 fps. Deer #1, 260 yds. bullet entered the back of the left shoulder into the top of the lungs and took out 2 inches of spine then went through the right shoulder and broke it really bad and came to a stop under the hide. the bullet weight was 25 grs. that deer dropped like a turd from a tall cow. If it wouldn't have hit the spine it would have passed through. Deer #2 370 yds. same load facing just a little off center from straight on. Bullet hit the back of the right shoulder entered the 2nd rib back into the lungs and exploded. Then part of the bullet went through the paunch with no damage and I found a piece of the jacket in the left ham that was the size of the finger nail on my little finger. It also dropped like a turd from a tall cow. Iv'e shot lots of animals in my 60 years of hunting from rabbits to grizzly with all types of lead bullets no copper ones yet and have never seen any critter hit the dirt any faster then these 2 mature bucks did . I know one was a spine shot , but the point is that bullet held together better than the other one. This was the first time Iv'e used berger bullets and so far I like what I see , maybe after a few more animals harvested I'll switch back to something else. Wish Swift made a heavy 6.5 sir. Iv'e got 400 130 gr. left over from the 6.5 creedmoor that I sold, but haven,t tried them yet. The 156 EOL's shoot such tiny groups it's hard to try anything different.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="big johnson, post: 2436236, member: 116259"] We shot two mule deer bucks lest fall with the 6.5 prc and 156 eol's at 3008 fps. Deer #1, 260 yds. bullet entered the back of the left shoulder into the top of the lungs and took out 2 inches of spine then went through the right shoulder and broke it really bad and came to a stop under the hide. the bullet weight was 25 grs. that deer dropped like a turd from a tall cow. If it wouldn't have hit the spine it would have passed through. Deer #2 370 yds. same load facing just a little off center from straight on. Bullet hit the back of the right shoulder entered the 2nd rib back into the lungs and exploded. Then part of the bullet went through the paunch with no damage and I found a piece of the jacket in the left ham that was the size of the finger nail on my little finger. It also dropped like a turd from a tall cow. Iv'e shot lots of animals in my 60 years of hunting from rabbits to grizzly with all types of lead bullets no copper ones yet and have never seen any critter hit the dirt any faster then these 2 mature bucks did . I know one was a spine shot , but the point is that bullet held together better than the other one. This was the first time Iv'e used berger bullets and so far I like what I see , maybe after a few more animals harvested I'll switch back to something else. Wish Swift made a heavy 6.5 sir. Iv'e got 400 130 gr. left over from the 6.5 creedmoor that I sold, but haven,t tried them yet. The 156 EOL's shoot such tiny groups it's hard to try anything different. [/QUOTE]
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