Qc_BearHunter
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First test with the VLD Hunting in a Winchester Model 70 Featherweight (post 2008 production) 270 Win. Thin barrels can be accurate too with the right load!
Berger VLD are accurate bullets!
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Hotwheels81
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For the price they had better shoot good... That said inside of 300M I have yet to notice a difference between shooting a $1 Berger or a $0.40 Amax aside from it taking twice as many Berger's to find a seating depth it likes in a cheap barrel.
But when you find that load the Berger's are impressive... At loooong distances... I still prefer my Amax's tho for purely the cost benifits... But I rarely shoot past 700 Meters.
But when you find that load the Berger's are impressive... At loooong distances... I still prefer my Amax's tho for purely the cost benifits... But I rarely shoot past 700 Meters.
Qc_BearHunter
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I'm thinking about using them on South Carolina whitetails next fall...
Mystic Precision
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Wonderfully accurate bullets that dominate many forms of LR competitions.
For game, consider the impact velocity. These are still a thin jacketed bullet.
Jerry
For game, consider the impact velocity. These are still a thin jacketed bullet.
Jerry
Great bullets, accurate as heck! I hate them for the style of close up hunting I do. They didn't kill a doe I head shot at 40 yards. It was sad. I'll stick to a quality proven hunting bullet for animals but Bergers with the paper shooter is phenomenal!
Should be spelled "Burger" due to explosive surface wounding on BG.Had bullet blowup at 600 + 500 yards respectively on cow elk out of a .300 RUM 168gr.Bullet fragments all over the inside and outside of carcasses.Bullet failure on WT shoulder at 200 yards.......didn't penetrate.I gave away the 1/2 box I had left over.In retrospect I should have thrown them away.Only use Scirocco's,Partitions or Accu-Bonds now. Hornady Interlocks were a good reliable bullet in the 80's-90's but i've had too many cup + core separations to use them on anything larger than deer.Had a 286gr 9.3x62 turn inside out on a cow moose shoulder knuckle at just under 200 yards and fail to penetrate.Velocity 2400fps.......sad performance.......glad it wasn't a grizzly at the muzzle......I have jars of recovered bullets to base my opinions on.Your mileage may vary..............Harold
Agree 100% !!
Absolutely no way I would use any current Berger bullet to hunt big game of any species.
Far too explosive, particularly inside 300 yards, and if a larger bone is hit....NO penetration, just an ugly surface wound.
With so many great bullets out there specifically designed for hunting big game, why would I use a target bullet for that purpose?
BTW, I shoot Bergers a lot, but for paper only. They tend to be very accurate.
Regards, Dave.
The berger VLD hunting bullets are not designed for deep penetration....if that's what you're looking for in a hunting bullet then its best to use something else.
They are more popular with the long distance crowd....personally I've only used them for wolves, can't say anything bad about them yet!
They are more popular with the long distance crowd....personally I've only used them for wolves, can't say anything bad about them yet!
delta1
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Where you using iron sights or a scoped rifle?
