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<blockquote data-quote="Bob Wright" data-source="post: 1561003" data-attributes="member: 104363"><p>I have shot elk, antelope and mulies with the Berger 168 and 180 Vld hunting from 2 different 7MM RM rifles. They all expired quickly with massive frag wounding. They are just not good for breaking down heavy shoulder bones and passing thru vitals on its path. Broadside chest shots behind the shoulder are reliable from 40 yards out. My longest shot was 300, broadside on antelope. No pass thru but DRT. If all my animals are broadside, it works fine but they don't line up like that at my request. Quartering shots are where the Bergers start having terminal performance issues i.m.o. I switched to Accubonds, but haven't been able to hit something yet to report. Hornady eld's sounds like similar issues to Bergers in this thread.</p><p>The old Remington core locked bullets in factory cartridges always smashed any critter I took with them, at any angle, but I went with and chased accuracy and speed with the latest offerings. Maybe older designs, worked in the shorter range shots and we have super accurate trade offs to make when using the latest and greatest accuracy at long distance and, terminal performance issues are falling to second place in some offerings. My head is swimming with the tradeoffs we have to consider today. I want my critters down fast. I want to punch paper at long distance. Maybe that is the best approach, hunting or punching paper, different loads for each. No easy answer.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bob Wright, post: 1561003, member: 104363"] I have shot elk, antelope and mulies with the Berger 168 and 180 Vld hunting from 2 different 7MM RM rifles. They all expired quickly with massive frag wounding. They are just not good for breaking down heavy shoulder bones and passing thru vitals on its path. Broadside chest shots behind the shoulder are reliable from 40 yards out. My longest shot was 300, broadside on antelope. No pass thru but DRT. If all my animals are broadside, it works fine but they don't line up like that at my request. Quartering shots are where the Bergers start having terminal performance issues i.m.o. I switched to Accubonds, but haven't been able to hit something yet to report. Hornady eld's sounds like similar issues to Bergers in this thread. The old Remington core locked bullets in factory cartridges always smashed any critter I took with them, at any angle, but I went with and chased accuracy and speed with the latest offerings. Maybe older designs, worked in the shorter range shots and we have super accurate trade offs to make when using the latest and greatest accuracy at long distance and, terminal performance issues are falling to second place in some offerings. My head is swimming with the tradeoffs we have to consider today. I want my critters down fast. I want to punch paper at long distance. Maybe that is the best approach, hunting or punching paper, different loads for each. No easy answer. [/QUOTE]
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