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Surprised by .277 140 Berger Hunting VLD
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<blockquote data-quote="Killertraylor" data-source="post: 998523" data-attributes="member: 10842"><p>I ran the 140 VLD hunting Bergers out of my 6.5 Weatherby at 3400 fps the first year I had it. Shot a nice Muley in Montana at 100 yards. Bullet left 5 gallon bucket size hole on front shoulder, blew up and didn't puncture vitals requiring quick follow up as he bailed over a cliff into a canyon. Took out a total hind quarter on that one and the finishing shot blew another 5 gallon bucket sized hole in the other shoulder. Ended up with about 40 lbs of meat from a 250 lb deer. It's the velocity - they just don't hold together at that speed. I switched to 140 partitions in that gun and zero issues - 3 elk and 2 muleys with hardly any meat damage and one shot kills. Don't use Bergers anymore but might try them again in a regular velocity cartridge since they shoot so well.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Killertraylor, post: 998523, member: 10842"] I ran the 140 VLD hunting Bergers out of my 6.5 Weatherby at 3400 fps the first year I had it. Shot a nice Muley in Montana at 100 yards. Bullet left 5 gallon bucket size hole on front shoulder, blew up and didn't puncture vitals requiring quick follow up as he bailed over a cliff into a canyon. Took out a total hind quarter on that one and the finishing shot blew another 5 gallon bucket sized hole in the other shoulder. Ended up with about 40 lbs of meat from a 250 lb deer. It's the velocity - they just don't hold together at that speed. I switched to 140 partitions in that gun and zero issues - 3 elk and 2 muleys with hardly any meat damage and one shot kills. Don't use Bergers anymore but might try them again in a regular velocity cartridge since they shoot so well. [/QUOTE]
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