Correct
Great pics
Thanks man
Have you thought about using the 215’s in that 30nos? That’s like a match made in heaven. The 215 sure is devastating.
Yeah I've had pretty good luck with them in the past but I did have one fail to expand on a nice bull, it literally penciled right through and the bull walked off. I got another one in him that dropped him in his tracks but it kinda left me uneasy.
Did you do a custom throat for your 30nos?
Yes it was throated for 230s
I recently purchased a large lot of 220 LRHT. Was planning to switch from 230 hybrids I have been running in my 300NM improved. To be clear, I haven't even shot the 220's yet. The results on a cow elk with the 230 has me questioning shooting any Berger let alone moving to the 220's from the 230's.
That's very simular to an experience I had with an elk that I shot with 215 hybrids, bottom line is I'm having excellent results with berger hunting bullets and 225 eldms.
Drilling out bergers is a useless exercise that is more likely to lead to inconsistencies in BC than actually aid in expansion. Bergers do not "expand" traditionally or even really at all and the size of the opening or the existence of an opening at all has no impact on the bullet tearing apart. Expansion is cause from yawing of the bullet after entering the animal and the three main things that will affect the "expansion" or bullet falling apart is velocity, jacket thickness, and the size of the cavity or empty space underneath the jacket behind the meplat of the projectile. This cavity is typically where the jacket will tear apart from the stress once enough yaw is induced. A fourth thing that can play a part in this process is the stability of the projectile. I theorize that most people that experience a "pencil through" result with bergers would be due to a fully or overly stabile projectile that does not hit any major obstruction. If a projectile is dynamically unstable it will yaw much easier once entering the terminal media(animal) and even if the projectile is extremely stabile it can be forced to yaw by hitting an obstruction causing stress on the bullet making it frangible. But to be clear a berger will not expand like an ELD-X or other traditional expanding bullets with a larger frontal diameter mushroom steering its way through the animal. "Expansion" will always occur as a certain amount of yaw meets a certain amount of velocity to in turn tear it apart. This is a main reason why most people who hunt large game with bergers recommend high shoulder shots to intentionally meet a little bit of resistance to assist the "expansion."
Never drill the tips. One of the major points behind the 220 LHRT is the pointed tip from the factory that will aid in meplat uniformity giving it a more consistent BC from shot to shot. By modifying this you are directly counteracting the benefits of this projectile. Not to mention that the expansion characteristics of berger bullets are not added in any way by doing so. Contrary to what appears to be popular belief on here BTHP rifle projectiles do not mushroom back and expand from hydrostatic pressure created in the hollow point.
I’ve been essentially uniforming the meplat diameter rather than “opening” them up. Some of them it doesn’t remove any material some of them it will remove a tiny bit, the end result is all the holes are about the same diameter. Killed around 12 animals with them now including a cow elk with good performance.
I’ll be putting 225 eldms through my new 300prc. I’m hoping they perform as well as the 180s have in my 7saum.
I have close buddies that have wreaked havoc with 147 and 180 ELDM's. Dozens of animals. I can't imagine the 225 would be anything but even more devastating
Exactly my thought process. The 180s have been blowing baseball sized exits out of critters for a couple years now.I have close buddies that have wreaked havoc with 147 and 180 ELDM's. Dozens of animals. I can't imagine the 225 would be anything but even more devastating
