Am not surprised! The 140 6.5 Hunting VLD is a great bullet. However, would guess you put it behind the shoulder in the ribs.

On their website Berger used to recommend that the Hunting VLDs not be started at over 3100 fps, which worked fine. Have used them at 3200 fps with no problems But the the guys who've had problems are putting them in shoulders at close range.


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