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7lrm 195 berger
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<blockquote data-quote="c-ne-elk" data-source="post: 1269430" data-attributes="member: 33799"><p>I thought about going to the 195 Bergers but then figured why change what is not broken. My 7LRM shoots lights out with 180g Berger hybrids and everything it has shot has gone bang/flop. Has accounted for a dozen elk and several mule deer between me and my buddies 7 LRM who shoots the same load, 72.0g of H1000. Mine is a Gunwerks rifle and his is a Spoon Custom. Between us we have shot over 40 animals all told with Bergers (obviously some in other calibers) and the only one to ever pencil hole was a cow elk at 1134 yards out of a 7 LRM. Impact velocity was probably around 1800 fps and that is the lower limit for a Berger so I did not expect that one to do much. Oddly enough, that bullet passed all the way through the elk and she died within 75 yards.</p><p></p><p>Here is the result on a bull elk off side shoulder. The bullet did not exit but it is not designed to exit, just wreak total heck when it hits. If you want full penetration, you need to switch from Bergers. If you want it to fall dead without moving, shoot Bergers.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="c-ne-elk, post: 1269430, member: 33799"] I thought about going to the 195 Bergers but then figured why change what is not broken. My 7LRM shoots lights out with 180g Berger hybrids and everything it has shot has gone bang/flop. Has accounted for a dozen elk and several mule deer between me and my buddies 7 LRM who shoots the same load, 72.0g of H1000. Mine is a Gunwerks rifle and his is a Spoon Custom. Between us we have shot over 40 animals all told with Bergers (obviously some in other calibers) and the only one to ever pencil hole was a cow elk at 1134 yards out of a 7 LRM. Impact velocity was probably around 1800 fps and that is the lower limit for a Berger so I did not expect that one to do much. Oddly enough, that bullet passed all the way through the elk and she died within 75 yards. Here is the result on a bull elk off side shoulder. The bullet did not exit but it is not designed to exit, just wreak total heck when it hits. If you want full penetration, you need to switch from Bergers. If you want it to fall dead without moving, shoot Bergers. [/QUOTE]
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