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Life is too short and rifles are way too many to worry about the performance of a Berger

One question: Why? So many alternatives with excellent track records. Flame away.

One question: Why? So many alternatives with excellent track records. Flame away.

I've never had a 30 cal 185 or 190 NOT exit. So they are accurate, carry their energy extremely well, buck the wind, fly flat, transfer their energy extremely well, and exit every time, at both extremely short and fairly long range.

You are gonna blow Field and Stream reading, corn feeding minds with this kinda stuff....

I have been told over and over again that they "blow up", and that they "never exit". I have never caught one. I did hit a deer behind the ribs and drove it up through the chest to exit inside the opposite shoulder. It clipped the very front of the shoulder. That was from 30 yds, and that one exited too. What am I doing wrong? Not enough ass shooting?

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The real question is: Why would you try anything else? I know the answer. It is all over this thread. It is IGNORANCE.

Easy there killer
Just because one's taste differs from yours they are ignorant?

Brilliant deduction.

I have been told over and over again that they "blow up", and that they "never exit". I have never caught one. I did hit a deer behind the ribs and drove it up through the chest to exit inside the opposite shoulder. It clipped the very front of the shoulder. That was from 30 yds, and that one exited too. What am I doing wrong? Not enough ass shooting?

If you are referring to me Greg:
1. No Feeders in Wyoming
2. 110 grains of powder.

Have not and will not. There are simply too many reports of what, to me, is unacceptable performance – including those from T_Inman and szihn in this thread.

While other bullets may not have B.C. values equal to the Berger bullets, I haven’t found the difference to be a problem inside 600 yards. What I have found is other bullets that perform well at a wide variety of impact velocities. By “well” I mean providing reliable but controlled and limited expansion and high weight retention. We’ve been using Barnes MRX, TTSX and LRX bullets since they were introduced and no one in my hunt group has recovered one. Straight-down DRT results are common, running right around 50% with no animals going more than a few yards. Nosler AB have provided similar performance with no recoveries from antelope to elk. I’ve recovered a couple of North Fork SS bullets from elk but both smashed a lot of bone before coming to a stop. They are no longer available but the Federal Trophy Bonded Tip, Edge TLR and Terminal Ascent have similar construction (mono rear with bonded front core) with the addition of a polymer tip. I plan to use the Terminal Ascent for elk this fall.

The only cup-and-core bullets I use in my bolt rifles are the 90g BT and 95g SST in my .243 Win – and only for antelope. Can’t complain so far but antelope don’t provide much of a challenge to a bullet’s integrity.

In my 38 years of elk hunting I’ve had shot opportunities as close as 25 feet with my longest shot at 487 yards. My first elk was taken with a bullet (7mm RM/162g BTSP) chosen for its relatively high B.C. value. That turned out to be a rather poor choice. Weight retention was under 50% and the only bone hit was a near-side rib. The following year I switched to a lower B.C. Speer 160g Grand Slam and it took me twenty years to recover one. That one destroyed both shoulder joints of a 6x6 bull and still retained over 70% of its original weight. Over the years I’ve taken more elk with that combo than all other bullets combined – including my last elk, a 6x5 bull at 411 yards, 4 steps and down.

It is a truism that most bullets will work most of the time. It is also true that it sucks when they don’t. Pay attention to T_Inman and szihn and others with similar results when making your choice of bullet.

I sir, did not poop over anything on this thread. Look at my posts. I clearly said They are NOT for ME. I used them...I did not really like them.
And yes my Bee's all shout well under MOA and they bleed game just like your Bergers do, but with LRX's Partitions, Accubonds etc.
I'm happy with my choice, you're happy with yours. Why does the aforementioned statement make me ignorant?
Cool your jets man we're just talking.