Help me understand hunting with Berger bullets!

[eoperator]

Does anyone have pictures of a Berger "pencil through"?

 

[sndmn11]

I think the tip collapses inward rather than peeling. If there's enough velocity the jacket portion of the tip acts like a wedge separating the core and ultimately the jacket. I also believe they are more likely to tumble than a tipped bullet, and that isn't negative.

Nothing to prove either belief beyond having recovered some bullet bases.

I also scratch my head at the folks who open up the tips.

 

[Dave Thomas]

I've never shot an antelope but they seem to really work on whitetail. You don't have to open the tips. Use a drill bit just big enough to fit through the hollow point to make sure there's no cleaning material inside.

 

[WeiserBucks]

A tipped TSX (aka TTSX) or Accubond don't have to be manually modified at the tip or have a tip manually inserted like another not to be named bullet to function as a tipped bullet to initiate an expansion. JAT.

Way too much emphasis put on the destruction of some bullets and as time goes on they don't dispatch better or quicker than the tried and true. Read up, on this forum there are more and more mixed results just like any other bullet. It's a choice, happy hunting.

Explosive expansion and vital destruction has been touted by folks on this forum that have a lot of sway into folks believing, in my opinion, they are the hammer of Thor. More and more animals take off as more and more folks jump on the bandwagon, just like when they're hit with "mortal bullets" (bullets that don't blow up) and yet there's not a blood trail and guys complain about losing game. Hmmm...

Somewhere, someone earlier in the thread said the word "marketing". To my knowledge, Berger says their bullets are limited penetration design. Think about life in general, what is beneficial about limiting most anything when it comes to a choice you have to make?

Interesting as time goes on how all bullets seem to provide spectacular results or less than desirable. Has anyone figured out yet that most all bullets take care of the business they are supposed to? It's almost as if folks are afraid to put an expanding bullet (insert bullet type: meat destroying explosive impact expansion, controlled expansion, etc) through the vitals of an animal without confirmation and validation from the internet. There's no Silver Bullet y'all. But it's entertaining to read the consternation and concern!

What's been your personal experience with Bergers?

 

[gwh97]

Last year I killed an Aoudad, mule deer, and cow elk with the 140 EH out of my 6.5 PRC. All were one shot kills and I was very happy with the bullets performance.

The Aoudad was bedded, impact velocity was 2074 ft/sec, no bullet exit. DRT.

The mule deer wasn’t a great shot, but fatal. I jumped the buck up and the shot ended up around 180 yards, I hit him in the jugular and he did a death sprint about 80 yards. The trail was a spray of blood.

The cow took one right behind the shoulder, she took three steps and fell over. The lungs were soup, no bullet exit. Impact velocity 2588 ft/sec.

For years, the guys in my hunting group talked about the horror stories with Bergers blowing up and I avoided them, always shot nosler. But after reading through the forums, decided to give some Bergers a try, and they shot great out of my rifle, so last year was my first time using them on game and I will continue to do so with confidence.