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FEENIX I was going to ask you to please pass the popcorn. But I see you already did lol.Here we go!
FEENIX I was going to ask you to please pass the popcorn. But I see you already did lol.Here we go!
I shoot 168 vld berger in my 7mm wsm, 180 vld bergers in my ,and my sons 7mm dakota's, and 195 vld's in my 28 nosler. Have never had a failure in about 100 head of game, from deer to huge eland bull. Great accuracy and terminal performance has been fantastic but i do try to avoid heavy bone, keeping shots behind shoulder. Havent shot anything under about 200 yds and out to 625 yds. I also use and love barnes ttsx and use them in my 300 wsm,30 06, 375 rum, 260 rem, 280 ai, 257 baker, 257 weatherby, 300 weatherby. Started using the bergers in longrange matches out of my 338 lapua and 7 wsm, shooting up to 1700 yds with the lapua and 140p yds out of the wsm. Accracy was/is amazing, so i started using the hunting target vld for hunting and had wonderful results, as already noted . Good luck!Im building a 7-300 and am trying to choose a bullet. im down to the Berger 175 or the ABLR 175. anybody have experience with both? Im sure ill try em both for myself but a little insight would be nice.
Been shooting barnes 168 ttsx out of my 300 wsm ever since they came out, shot 168 tsx before that and the blue coated 168 xlc before that. The ttsx shoots the best accuracy wise and i have used the same load all along. In my gun, with 26 in benchmark barrel and tight chamber using my original 168 xlc load from an old barnes manual i shoot a max load at 3260 for .5 to .7 in 5 shot groups at 100 yds. Just returned from africa and used the 195 vld in a 28 nosler and had stellar performance on sable, roan and bush pig.I've read that the Bergers sometimes fail to expand because the tip got banged during shipping and handling. I've never had that happen, but after reading that, I bought a pin drill to check my hunting bullets. I've shot out to 340 yards on elk, and shot javelina, deer, aoudad, ibex, with the 168 gr. None went more than a few feet. I haven't tried the ABLRs because the Bergers work, and they are relatively inexpensive. I used Barnes for years with good results, but the Bergers shoot more accurately. I'm shooting low velocity (2850 fps) in a 7mm WSM, so you might want to load stouter bullets for short shots, and if it is a long shot, you have time to slip in a Berger. The 160 gr. Barnes shoot to the same point of impact for me out to about 200 yards. I'll try the 168 gr. Barnes once I run out of 160s.
This should be written in all caps as the guide for a successful hunt!!!!!!!!!!!!!I find great success with the Bergers with narrow bodies and thin skin animals. I find great success in thicker bodied, thicker skinned, heavier boned animals with a more weight retaining pill. I like Barnes for the bigger heavier animals and Bergers for the lighter ones and using this determination, have never been disappointed in either load. I load my own and have to go back to the old adage that shot placement is always key to successfully dropping an animal. Most of mine are DRT
Amen!This should be written in all caps as the guide for a successful hunt!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Are we actually hunting or target shooting... Why are we shooting at elk at 1200? Because we can? Wrong answer.I hope you're not planning on shooting elk that far with a 7mm, you're asking for trouble if you do
Are we actually hunting or target shooting... Why are we shooting at elk at 1200? Because we can? Wrong answer.
I think the problem is that long range shooting is getting extremely popular, and there are guys who think because they can hit steel at 1200 yards it's perfectly good to squeeze one off on game animals.You have been a member of this forum since 2012 and you just now log on here to post your first message and this is what you post? I havnt shot at an animal that far but I sure don't tell people who do that they shouldn't. I don't know if you misread the title of this whole website but it is " Len Backus' Long Range Hunting Online Magazine".