Berger Bullets for Hunting
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RJ
Probably referring to the requirement of better shot placement, as you seemed concerned about your ability to place a bullet into the clockwork of animal? Especially after all of those boot miles and miles
... which based upon your pictures, you probably don't really do that much of?Hope that clears it up for you?
Only trying to help you out, since you asked.
R.
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THIS IS FALSE
The effectiveness of bullet performance is only relative to the damage inflicted on the animal within the depth of the internal organs.
Whenever a bullet passes through the animal, all energy still in the bullet was waisted. The death of the animal is not magnified by how hard you hit the tree on the other side of the animal.
This is why we see so many wounded deer when shot by 300 win mags.
These stupid hunting magazines that have been bragging up 100 percent weight retention of a recovered bullet is a false flag operation.
You are better off to have fragmentation and 20 wound channels inside the chest cavity and no exit, than one wound channel that exited the animal.
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You are up to the same silliness as usual. I’ll let the folks who have killed dozens or even 100’s of big game animals handle this one.
You only need multiple wound channels if you can’t be bothered to hit what you are aiming at. And I have never ever wished a bullet penetrated less.
Well that depends on where that wrong spot is. Wouldn’t it? My favourite crowd is the “behind the shoulder” diaphragm shooters. They need fragments. In spades.
True. Shooting straight is the great equalizer. But I’ve shot hearts and lungs from behind the diaphragm before.
Why don’t you let the big game shooters talk? Dogleg, Buchmastr and I may disagree on bullet and rifle selection, but there experience speaks for itself.
Oh Chunk... more self high fives for you? How has anyone been prevented from saying anything?
Bullet selection is a matter of using the right tool for the job. Place a shot correctly, and stuff dies. The bullet matters little to none when this happens. You don't know this? What does all of the experience have to say about that? So called failures happen, but they are the exception, not the rule.
Again and again... many paths lead to the same place. One simply has to take the one that suits them the best.
So why argue what anyone else uses and why? Who do you think you are to agree or disagree with anyone, regarding their choices?
R.
I too was leery of Bergers performance on game.
A highly frangible bullet, designed to open at lower velocities on game taken at long range.
Most game shot at under 200 yards, and you have explosive expansion and lots of wasted meat and shrapnel throughout. Might kill like lightning, but at the cost of lost meat...
Wanted to try the ammo out and test accuracy in my new 6.5x55.
Stellar accuracy; sub 1/2MOA
Shot a caribou at 180 yards, in the heart/lung areas, slightly quartering away. Ran almost 400 yards before going down. Blood trail was profuse on the snow.
Bullet had gone in through a rib. Bullet broke apart, with largest portion turning and exiting back towards offside hind quarter. Smaller portion recovered in lungs. Lots of bloodshot meat on pretty much the entire ribcage on entry side. Lots of bullet fragments on exterior of ribcage under hide on entry side. One lung obliterated, and large hole through liver where larger bullet piece went.
This may be only one sample experience, but with the amount of bloodshot meat and bullet performance unlike anything experienced with any other hunting bullet I have used before, that was placed properly, where i am a meat hunter first, and most of my shots are taken at reasonable ranges (avg distance of all game taken over 37 years is 137 yards), I have chosen to stick with the tried and true hunting bullets. The Nosler AccuBond being my favourite since it first came out. Great accuracy and reliable on game eperformance.
Likewise, I will stick with Nosler Partitions, Sierra GameKings/ProHunters, Speer HotCors, Winchester Power Points/SilverTips, in my lever actions and other rifles as they have also worked well over the years.
A highly frangible bullet, designed to open at lower velocities on game taken at long range.
Most game shot at under 200 yards, and you have explosive expansion and lots of wasted meat and shrapnel throughout. Might kill like lightning, but at the cost of lost meat...
Wanted to try the ammo out and test accuracy in my new 6.5x55.
Stellar accuracy; sub 1/2MOA
Shot a caribou at 180 yards, in the heart/lung areas, slightly quartering away. Ran almost 400 yards before going down. Blood trail was profuse on the snow.
Bullet had gone in through a rib. Bullet broke apart, with largest portion turning and exiting back towards offside hind quarter. Smaller portion recovered in lungs. Lots of bloodshot meat on pretty much the entire ribcage on entry side. Lots of bullet fragments on exterior of ribcage under hide on entry side. One lung obliterated, and large hole through liver where larger bullet piece went.
This may be only one sample experience, but with the amount of bloodshot meat and bullet performance unlike anything experienced with any other hunting bullet I have used before, that was placed properly, where i am a meat hunter first, and most of my shots are taken at reasonable ranges (avg distance of all game taken over 37 years is 137 yards), I have chosen to stick with the tried and true hunting bullets. The Nosler AccuBond being my favourite since it first came out. Great accuracy and reliable on game eperformance.
Likewise, I will stick with Nosler Partitions, Sierra GameKings/ProHunters, Speer HotCors, Winchester Power Points/SilverTips, in my lever actions and other rifles as they have also worked well over the years.
YUP just like every other CUP & CORE bullet ! I'm a BONDED core or MONO bullet user on anything much bigger then a Deer ! jmo RJ
