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Berger Hybrids for Whitetail and Hog

Aimsmall55

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I know .. I know ... Probably been posted 43 times by now. But has anyone shot some 175# + game with any 6.5 or .30 caliber hybrid bullets. Reason I ask is I shot a hog this past summer with a hybrid (140 Berger ) and a youngster shot a 100# doe with the 140 vld (hunting) yesterday and the hybrid hit harder,hog was drt, and had an exit wound that you could drive a truck threw. The vld was not nearly what I expected in terms of "carnage" Doe ran 80 yards , and the wound cavity was more like a game king in terms of the what the deer looked like opened up, and the bullet actually deflected off a bone and exited from the guts after being shot an inch behind the front shoulder.
As far as the .30 cals go , I know a 215 Berger out of a .300 Win mag will do it easily, but I'm curious about the 185 juggernaut /otms out of a .308. I've got a competition .308 that I run the 185's out of and if love to do some 500 to 600 yard bean field hunting but I want to be sure the bullet will do the job clean.
I know they say the tactical and target bergers aren't good for game because of their jacketing, but they also say that about the AMAX too and I've killed the HELL out of deer with those.
So has anybody made any kills with the 168 hybrid, 175 OTM, or 185 OTM out of a .308?
Also the 215 hybrid and 230 OTM out of a .300 win mag?
And lastly the 140 hybrid out of a 6.5 Creedmor ?

Thanks fellas.... AS