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Offline coachcw

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Re: berger bullets!
« Reply #60 on: December 16, 2014, 09:01:53 AM »
I shot my bull with a 140 vld out of my 6.5 and he didn't take a step . I will take accuracy any day I know where they will out to 1000 I will take that . at 3000fps under 100 yards on a bull good exit whole with massive internal damage . my bet is a 400 yards id have similar performance.

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Re: berger bullets!
« Reply #61 on: December 18, 2014, 09:17:09 AM »
I love bookings that explode, they seem to work petty well, Normandy interlocks are $$
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Re: berger bullets!
« Reply #62 on: December 26, 2014, 03:00:53 PM »
It seems to be pretty tried and true advice to use a strong bullet on larger, tougher animals and something that opens quickly on small things.  Personally, I would never shoot a bullet at an elk or moose that couldn't drive through thick bone and keep going.  Just about any hunting bullet can run through an antelope or deer leg.

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Re: berger bullets!
« Reply #63 on: December 26, 2014, 04:00:08 PM »
I disagree I lost an elk from a bullet that failed to penatrate. I think it hit the leg at the shoulder, it knocked him down and off he went.
And you're sure it's the bullet's fault? :dunno:
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Re: berger bullets!
« Reply #64 on: December 26, 2014, 05:06:44 PM »
 I've hit several bulls in the shoulder at varying ranges (85 yds - 250 yds) and haven't had any problem at all breaking them down. I've taken out both lungs on a shoulder shot, a heart on another, and one or the other on 2 others and they didn't go anywhere. 300WSM with 168 gr Berger VLD bullets.

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Re: berger bullets!
« Reply #65 on: December 26, 2014, 09:29:25 PM »
I'm pretty sure that shot placement is a key ingredient to a quick clean kill more so than how big of gun I can pack.  There are a lot of great calibers and bullets on the market today.  But it's still comes down to the one squeezing the trigger.  As far as berger bullets, I personally really like them.  No issues or wounded game, all clean kills.   :twocents:

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Re: berger bullets!
« Reply #66 on: December 30, 2014, 11:39:18 AM »
my tikka 25-06 does not like berger, don't know why.  accubond is much more accurate.  mike w

 


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