Berger Hybrid Target Bullets
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Started at 2940, impact velocity 2466 fps.
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I brag on bergers all the time about how little meat I've lost and how immediately dead they have been. My 7mm blaser i tested at 500yd with 175 eol, 180 hyb, 184 hyb, and 195 eol. They all shot great easily. I've only hunted with the 195 at 2850-2890fps. 1st bull at 600yd, second at 100 and through the front leg, several whitetail and mule deer bucks 300-500yd, antelope buck at 150 yd and another at 520. Usually shoot for heart. I don't think I've lost 20lbs combined. 6cm shoots 105 hyb at 3200ish. Doe Antelope and a couple deer. Same results. Only first mule buck with cm was not dead immediately. I made a poor shot (s) that day.
I think alot has to do with shot placement really. I'm a much better marksman today then that 1st year with a custom rifle.
I think alot has to do with shot placement really. I'm a much better marksman today then that 1st year with a custom rifle.
Alot of people have more experience than I do with them. I shot a whitetail buck square in the chest at approximately 15 yards away with a 180 hybrid last year. They're going 2840fps MV out of my 7ss.
Here's the bullet I recovered, I found it up near the spine. The jacket and core were together.
Here's the bullet I recovered, I found it up near the spine. The jacket and core were together.
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200 gr Berger Hybrid Target
F.Y.I. this is my experience with the Berger 200 gr Hybrid Target bullet on an elk this year. First shot hit high shoulder. The bullet broke the shoulder, clipped a rib on the way in. Clipped a rib on the other side. Punched through the other shoulder blade and was caught in the hide. The...
My experience this year with 200 gr Berger Hybrid Target.
The 215s are the finger of God! The just flatten stuff!
I usually just read and learn but I actually have something to add to this. I bought a LR1000 in 7LRM in late 2014. I shoot Gunwerks' ammo which 180 grain Berger Target Hybrids. Since then I have shot 3 cow elk, 5 Bulls, 1 Shira moose and 1 Desert Sheep. I was really hesitant at first about these bullets. I come from the controlled expansion world of african hunting so this was a tough sell. Turns out I was wrong. These bullets are killers. Absolutely nothing wrong with them.
890 yards mule deer, weiserbucks/James Eagleman method. In line with front leg, 1/2 to 1/3 down from hairline. The farther the shot (700+) the closer to 1/3 down from top of back due to bullet arc, 500 yards and under 1/2 way down/up. If you hit heavy bone the fragments do the job themselves. 180 hybrid or 195 eol.
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A little late to the convo but here is my $0.02. 7mm prc Bergara b14 carbon 22'' barrel, 180 hybrid target 2869 MV. Absolutely killing machines. 3 deer DRT @ 400yds +, one elk @ 300yds DRT. All shots placed behind the shoulder, and zero need for high shoulder shots with this monsters.
