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Nosler long range Accubond experience
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<blockquote data-quote="VinceMule" data-source="post: 2997490" data-attributes="member: 122164"><p>Phil, I shoot the 155 Berger VLD hunting in one 308 and a 140g VLD hunting in a 7/08. Neither of these bullets penetrates well, BUT animals are lying in their tracks up to a certain yardage, and if they run, they are running dead with their innards blended.</p><p></p><p>On deer and hogs, I believe that the LRAB breaks bones better than Bergers, but I have very little experience with this. I am generally a lung shooter. I do have a little bias, with a mindset that the Berger is a target bullet while the LRAB is a hunting bullet, which is flawed thinking on my part. My family shoots a lot of Bergers vld hunting bullets, and they exhibit a "shotgun" effect on the internal organs, of deer with the bullet disintegrating. I let my niece borrow my rifle for a youth hunt in Missouri two years ago. At fading light, she shot a tremendous buck at 430 yards. She had no range finder and made a WAG on the holdover. She heard the bullet impact, the buck ran off, and it was pitch dark and she could not find the buck. The next morning, they found the buck within minutes. The 140g Berger VLD hunting bullet had impacted the buck on a broadside shot, 2" from the bottom of the Brisket, right behind the front leg. The bullet fragmented and pieces of the bullet penetrated the heart. Bullet did it's job, nuff said.</p><p></p><p>I have read on this site where a lot of men have shot clean through elk shoulders with VLD hunting bullets on elk with 7mm. I do believe that a guy has to try a bullet for his application and see the results for himself. There are a few very, very good hunters on this site that I would trust with their information on Berger bullets, no ego involved. My concern with bullets comes when you are forced to make a Quartering shot with the animal either facing you or going away.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="VinceMule, post: 2997490, member: 122164"] Phil, I shoot the 155 Berger VLD hunting in one 308 and a 140g VLD hunting in a 7/08. Neither of these bullets penetrates well, BUT animals are lying in their tracks up to a certain yardage, and if they run, they are running dead with their innards blended. On deer and hogs, I believe that the LRAB breaks bones better than Bergers, but I have very little experience with this. I am generally a lung shooter. I do have a little bias, with a mindset that the Berger is a target bullet while the LRAB is a hunting bullet, which is flawed thinking on my part. My family shoots a lot of Bergers vld hunting bullets, and they exhibit a "shotgun" effect on the internal organs, of deer with the bullet disintegrating. I let my niece borrow my rifle for a youth hunt in Missouri two years ago. At fading light, she shot a tremendous buck at 430 yards. She had no range finder and made a WAG on the holdover. She heard the bullet impact, the buck ran off, and it was pitch dark and she could not find the buck. The next morning, they found the buck within minutes. The 140g Berger VLD hunting bullet had impacted the buck on a broadside shot, 2" from the bottom of the Brisket, right behind the front leg. The bullet fragmented and pieces of the bullet penetrated the heart. Bullet did it's job, nuff said. I have read on this site where a lot of men have shot clean through elk shoulders with VLD hunting bullets on elk with 7mm. I do believe that a guy has to try a bullet for his application and see the results for himself. There are a few very, very good hunters on this site that I would trust with their information on Berger bullets, no ego involved. My concern with bullets comes when you are forced to make a Quartering shot with the animal either facing you or going away. [/QUOTE]
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