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<blockquote data-quote="Chase723" data-source="post: 2251410" data-attributes="member: 21524"><p>I'm seriously considering switching to monolithics, either Hammers or Badlands. I've shot a decent amount of stuff with Bergers and they've ALWAYS worked but honestly I'm more concerned now about lead fragmentation. The frangible nature of Bergers is what makes them so effective (aside from the fact that they are extremely consistent and easy to load making shot placement reliable) but I purposefully shoot high shoulder and I've found a decent amount of lead particles dispersed throughout a lot of meat. That said the 7mm 190gr LRHT kills like lightening. </p><p></p><p>In my line of work, I've seen and treated a decent number of people shot by firearms and when you get x-rays of limbs where bullets impact bone, especially with bullets that have a frangible nature, there are dozens, sometimes hundreds, of small pieces of shrapnel dispersed through the wound channel. I don't want to be eating lead and I don't want to be feeding lead to my kids. </p><p></p><p>Hammers seem to have an excellent reputation, but I haven't shot any. I'm going to try them this fall based upon what seems like unanimous excellent terminal performance.</p><p></p><p>The Badlands are decent bullets, but I didn't get to test them at distance on animals this past year. I shot 3 deer at ~ 30 yards with the 147gr 7mm. Golf ball size exit. They shot ~ 2/3 MOA, maybe slightly less, at 500 in my 7SS but I didn't try real hard to get "the load". I also watched a video of a guy shoot a moose at 500 yards with the 147…it was toast after the first one but he put a second in for insurance. Both passed right through.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Chase723, post: 2251410, member: 21524"] I’m seriously considering switching to monolithics, either Hammers or Badlands. I’ve shot a decent amount of stuff with Bergers and they’ve ALWAYS worked but honestly I’m more concerned now about lead fragmentation. The frangible nature of Bergers is what makes them so effective (aside from the fact that they are extremely consistent and easy to load making shot placement reliable) but I purposefully shoot high shoulder and I’ve found a decent amount of lead particles dispersed throughout a lot of meat. That said the 7mm 190gr LRHT kills like lightening. In my line of work, I’ve seen and treated a decent number of people shot by firearms and when you get x-rays of limbs where bullets impact bone, especially with bullets that have a frangible nature, there are dozens, sometimes hundreds, of small pieces of shrapnel dispersed through the wound channel. I don’t want to be eating lead and I don’t want to be feeding lead to my kids. Hammers seem to have an excellent reputation, but I haven’t shot any. I’m going to try them this fall based upon what seems like unanimous excellent terminal performance. The Badlands are decent bullets, but I didn’t get to test them at distance on animals this past year. I shot 3 deer at ~ 30 yards with the 147gr 7mm. Golf ball size exit. They shot ~ 2/3 MOA, maybe slightly less, at 500 in my 7SS but I didn’t try real hard to get “the load”. I also watched a video of a guy shoot a moose at 500 yards with the 147…it was toast after the first one but he put a second in for insurance. Both passed right through. [/QUOTE]
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