I witnessed the shooting of an interior Alaska, sow grizzly [6' approximately] with 7RM and Bergers [175 gr IIRC]......The shot was sharply down hill at 100 yards and the first bullet hit the spine in hump area briefly collapsing the bear. The bear rebounded instantly and was hit again before being put down by a 375.
During skinning of the bear, the first Berger was found against the vertebrae. The copper jacket had split lengthwise along a rifling mark and was open and nearly flat. The largest piece of the lead was very flat and thin resembling the splatter on floor below a pipe soldering effort.
You are free to draw your own conclusions!
I think it speaks volumes.
Again no bash on Bergers and their forte SEEMS to be accuracy, high BC,great expansion(and even penetration!) where velocity has fallen off at distance...and not a thing wrong with that IMO.
Again, a tool for a purpose.
I can relate that a guy with his blood up can run a bolt gun pretty fast in the presence of a grizzly.
I can hit a barn with a handgun if it's right in front of me.
