Thanks for all the responses, gotta love the way these threads go!
My only Berger experience, although vicariously, was the goat in my avatar. The client shot this goat with a 300 Win mag with 180gr Bergers, not sure what design but they were a hollow-point. I told him to aim for the shoulder to break him down, as the goat was in a little depression and the rest of the hill was pretty steep. His instincts must have taken over, he hit midway in the lungs. The goat walked in circles for maybe 10 seconds before going down on the lip of the hole he was in. And rolled, fortunately only 100 yds.
The bullet didn't exit, goats are tough, but I would have thought we should have had an exit. This was 10 years ago, maybe Bergers designs have changed since then. The 7mm 168 Bergers are fairly well respected for elk here, I couldn't load 'em far enough out to get close to the lands and still go in the magazine.
Eagles may soar, but a weasel never got sucked into a jet turbine!
