Help me understand hunting with Berger bullets!

108 elite hunters out of my 6 creed is my favorite deer bullet currently. I have 215s loaded up for my elk hunt in October. Hope to get a chance to prove theyre just as good. Over multiple calibers, beegers have always treated me very well. I wouldnt have any hesitation.
 
Dumb question here, but how do you check the tips?
Berger polishes their bullets in a tumbler before packaging. There's a polishing compound in there as well, it's white. The open nose of the hybrids, elite hunter and eol line, can collect the polishing media into the open nose. You want that cleaned out and to be able to get that down to the lead core.
 
Dumb question here, but how do you check the tips?

Look at them. The jacket is drawn around the core, culminating at the tip, and leaving a small hollow point.
Monitor county rifles meplat uniformer tool can be a good option to clean and uniform.

Oh ok. Yeah, I thought it was more scientific than that. Yeah mine are open. I can push a thin wire in there maybe 1/4” before it taps the core.
Here’s an example.

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Fantastic!
A picture is worth 1000 words!
Did you use a meplat uniform tool?
The picture of the open nose 220gr, has had to meplat trimmed. There will be a slight reduction in BC vs the factory pointed 220 lrht bullet on the left. Berger intentionally closes all the LRHT line of bullets(referred to as factory pointing or tipping). This process produces a slightly higher, more consistent BC from Bullet to bullet. This process also reduces the consistency bullet upset on game, hence the process of meplat trimming that buller for huntig.

When I mentioned checking tips, I was referring to checking from them being plugged from tumbling them in media at Berger, and cleaning if necessary.
 
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