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Is anyone shooting a 270?
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<blockquote data-quote="codyadams" data-source="post: 1574929" data-attributes="member: 87243"><p>I used the 140 grain 6.5 VLD for two years previous to trying the 147, and in that time that gun/load was used to take over 30 animals ranging from pronghorn does to big bull elk, from 150 yards to 925, and every one exited (even a 6 point bull elk at 715 yards) and I never once had a bullet failure, and never once had an animal run more than 20 yards, with the majority DRT, even without cns hits. From a total of somewhere north of 55 animals, the 140 VLD's performed hands down better than the 147 eld-m, in my experience. As far as testing on wood, I really don't think that is a valid comparison to an animal. I have considered investing in some ballistic gel, maybe one day I will. </p><p></p><p>One thing that I do though is run a wire drill into the hollow point of every bullet I intend to use for hunting, I would 100% agree that a Berger (or any other hp bullet) is likely to pencil through if the tip is closed off. I even went to the extent to single load my chamber round while hunting to ensure the tip didn't get closed off on the feed ramp. I have personally not seen that happen, but knowing my luck it would happen when it mattered most!! At close range, the Bergers did do a fair bit of damage, especially if bone was hit, but every critter shot under 350 yards litterally dropped in their tracks, and as far as meat loss, I would rather loose an extra 1-3 lbs of meat from a critter because the bullet was lethal vs loosing an entire animal because the bullet didn't do enough damage. </p><p></p><p>This is just my experience. Many factors may change things....where different people choose shot placement, bullet velocity, twist rate, elevation, etc. all can make a difference. For my set up, the 140 6.5 Berger worked fantastic.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="codyadams, post: 1574929, member: 87243"] I used the 140 grain 6.5 VLD for two years previous to trying the 147, and in that time that gun/load was used to take over 30 animals ranging from pronghorn does to big bull elk, from 150 yards to 925, and every one exited (even a 6 point bull elk at 715 yards) and I never once had a bullet failure, and never once had an animal run more than 20 yards, with the majority DRT, even without cns hits. From a total of somewhere north of 55 animals, the 140 VLD's performed hands down better than the 147 eld-m, in my experience. As far as testing on wood, I really don't think that is a valid comparison to an animal. I have considered investing in some ballistic gel, maybe one day I will. One thing that I do though is run a wire drill into the hollow point of every bullet I intend to use for hunting, I would 100% agree that a Berger (or any other hp bullet) is likely to pencil through if the tip is closed off. I even went to the extent to single load my chamber round while hunting to ensure the tip didn't get closed off on the feed ramp. I have personally not seen that happen, but knowing my luck it would happen when it mattered most!! At close range, the Bergers did do a fair bit of damage, especially if bone was hit, but every critter shot under 350 yards litterally dropped in their tracks, and as far as meat loss, I would rather loose an extra 1-3 lbs of meat from a critter because the bullet was lethal vs loosing an entire animal because the bullet didn't do enough damage. This is just my experience. Many factors may change things....where different people choose shot placement, bullet velocity, twist rate, elevation, etc. all can make a difference. For my set up, the 140 6.5 Berger worked fantastic. [/QUOTE]
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