Consensus on 156 Berger’s?

A few more kills in a 6.5 prc.

Mule deer buck at 30 yards, quartered to, entrance was behind shoulder and destroyed one lung and liver, definitely made it into some guts but didnt dig to deep to check them out. No exit, buck staggered back 5 steps and fell over

Mule deer buck 50 yards broadside, missed first shoulder bone but hit the offside bone below the scapula. Caught the bullet on the hide on offside. Pretty large wound channel. I could put my fist through most of it. Dropped on impact

Bull 50 yards full frontal, the bullet hit perfectly centered about 6 inches below chin. Bull obviously dropped and spine was destroyed, but the bullet never made it past the spine. And no real bloodshot or large wound channel of any sort. Typical berger entrance and a fist size explosion of bone particles where it impacted the spine. Total penetration length was probably 5 inches i would guess.

Bull 350 yards behind shoulder bones but in the thicker part of the meat still. Good upset through both lungs jacket was in the offside shoulder meat about an inch from the hide. Bull ran about 40 yards and tipped over.
 
156s from @huntnful and 115s out of my 6 Creed put in work this year and are both nasty little bastards. Shoot lights out, fly true, and kill.

I’m likely switching from 147 ELDMs to 156 Bergers in my Tikka 6.5 PRC for the foreseeable future. Too much inconsistency and crap from Hornady lately.

Yea the 156 bergers are great! But I think after testing them hard side by side the 147’s shoot better in my gun
 
Yea the 156 bergers are great! But I think after testing them hard side by side the 147’s shoot better in my gun
As long as you have a decent amount of the same lot# it won’t be an issue at all!

I ran into different lots numbers measuring way different, and shooting way different in my rifles. Which is frustrating when you buy a box of 100 to test, they shoot great, so you buy 500 and they shoot like shit lol. Which is why I went back to Berger and I’ve been happy with the terminal performance. Lot to lot consistency seems to be excellent as well.
 
As long as you have a decent amount of the same lot# it won’t be an issue at all!

I ran into different lots numbers measuring way different, and shooting way different in my rifles. Which is frustrating when you buy a box of 100 to test, they shoot great, so you buy 500 and they shoot like shit lol. Which is why I went back to Berger and I’ve been happy with the terminal performance. Lot to lot consistency seems to be excellent as well.

Yea no doubt!
 
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