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<blockquote data-quote="Shawn Carlock" data-source="post: 728298" data-attributes="member: 4"><p>Here is a picture of the 300 gr Berger Hybrid OTM bullet at different velocities. We also shot some out of a 338 Whisper at 1000 fps but did not take any pics (sorry). The 1000 fps shot still penetrated 15" of wet medium and had a perminate cavity of just under 1". The bullet was similar to the 1600 fps bullet in that the bullet started to bend as it traveled through and also tumbled at least once on it way. Terminaly speaking this is not a bad thing. The key for me is that the bullet penetrate far enough through the animal, that is my #1 consideration all else is secondary. If it fragments or tumbles while doing so that is great but not necessary. Too many people get hung up on what the bullet in terms of weight retention and expansion is doing, while forgetting that a crappy shot is still a crappy shot no matter what and blaming ones lack of shooting ability on bullet performance issues is a little misguided, this happens alot. So long as your hitting the "X" and penetrating a sufficient amount good things will happen. If the bullet still upsets in some fashion or tumbles etc better things will happen. Hope this helps.</p><p> </p><p><img src="http://i1133.photobucket.com/albums/m592/3gunguy/BERGERBULLETIMPACT.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Shawn Carlock, post: 728298, member: 4"] Here is a picture of the 300 gr Berger Hybrid OTM bullet at different velocities. We also shot some out of a 338 Whisper at 1000 fps but did not take any pics (sorry). The 1000 fps shot still penetrated 15" of wet medium and had a perminate cavity of just under 1". The bullet was similar to the 1600 fps bullet in that the bullet started to bend as it traveled through and also tumbled at least once on it way. Terminaly speaking this is not a bad thing. The key for me is that the bullet penetrate far enough through the animal, that is my #1 consideration all else is secondary. If it fragments or tumbles while doing so that is great but not necessary. Too many people get hung up on what the bullet in terms of weight retention and expansion is doing, while forgetting that a crappy shot is still a crappy shot no matter what and blaming ones lack of shooting ability on bullet performance issues is a little misguided, this happens alot. So long as your hitting the "X" and penetrating a sufficient amount good things will happen. If the bullet still upsets in some fashion or tumbles etc better things will happen. Hope this helps. [IMG]http://i1133.photobucket.com/albums/m592/3gunguy/BERGERBULLETIMPACT.jpg[/IMG] [/QUOTE]
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