My buddy and I have killed a LOT of stuff with the Bergers in the past 10 years, many of it with 180s out of a 7RUM or 7 WSM. In almost every case, exceptional performance.
On Saturday we had a hunter shoot a 6x6 bull with the RUM at fairly long range as her rifle wasn't going to work for a long shot. Bullet penciled right through and didn't expand at all. Took the bull a LONG time to finally die. They aren't perfect but normally, pretty darn good.
We shot 3 coues bucks at ranges from 600-800 yards in October and all the 180s expanded and killed nicely. Who knows why this one failed to expand on this elk.
