Hunting & Fishing Berger Classic Hunter bullets
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Used the 135 classic hunters on a couple cow elk out of my Creedmoor. Both behind the shoulder shots, and they worked well. Definitely not a "drop them in their tracks" type combination, but good blood and they didn't go more than about 30-40 yards.
Ran the 95s in my 243ai forming loads. Awesome performance at those speeds on whitetails. Dropped like a stone. Lots of blood and exit wound was massive.
168's out of a FNSPR .308 @2740 fps , 473 yards DRT !
Left shoulder entry neck exit ( up hill quartering away ) did not recover bullet as it was a pass through into a large boulder .
Left shoulder entry neck exit ( up hill quartering away ) did not recover bullet as it was a pass through into a large boulder .
Big Time Berger Fan Boy. I kill 'everything' with Bergers, including steel. .243, 25-06, few 7MM's, .308, 30-06, 300WM's. Deer, Elk, Bear, Yote's, Bobcats all fall down. Have yet to have a failure or lost animal. Had bullets that aren't suppose to fail fail. If they made a fishing pole I'd buy one. 
Just like wapiti above had a pass thru just over 400 on a deer with a 168 outta one of my 7MM's at a lazy 2900 fps. Slightly quartering away. Right thru the brisket. Bottom of Heart was gone, lungs destroyed, and no lost meat. I don't break down shoulders with them. I either blow their heads off or lower their Blood Pressure. I don't like tracking or ruining meat.
Just like wapiti above had a pass thru just over 400 on a deer with a 168 outta one of my 7MM's at a lazy 2900 fps. Slightly quartering away. Right thru the brisket. Bottom of Heart was gone, lungs destroyed, and no lost meat. I don't break down shoulders with them. I either blow their heads off or lower their Blood Pressure. I don't like tracking or ruining meat.
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