GilleteHunter
"2) Always check the points. Bergers are a hollow point design. Occasionally the point will be "clogged or closed". That bullet, if not opened, will act like a solid and pencil through an animal. A small drill bit should be used to make sure they are all open. If closed then use that one for practice or drill it open.
That has NOT been my experience with Berger VLDs, and have been using them since 2007.
The reason Berger VLDs usually have "delayed expansion" is because the points ARE closed. Instead of starting to open up immediately on impact, the expansion is delayed for a couple of inches, unlike most conventional expanding bullets, which start to open up immediately on impact. This is because the relatively thin jacket has an "air pocket" behind the point, and as a result the point collapses later than conventional soft-point (or plastic-tipped) bullets. With Bergers, expansion starts when the bullets are through the ribs, and inside the chest cavity. Which is why they kill very well, even if they come apart.
Have NEVER seen them "act like a solid and pencil through an animal," at ranges out to 600 yards.
