Help me understand hunting with Berger bullets!

[WeiserBucks]

ZERO!!!!!!!!
Because what I do has worked well for me in 30 years of killing big game!!!!!
Not sure what you fine offensive about my first post! YOU DO YOU!!!

I'm not offended at all, lots of exclamation points for emphasis.

 

[Whitefox82]

By the way, I also get chest cavity soup.
Shot placement, shot placement, shot placement

 

[Dimperatrice]

Why? What's the negative result of complete internal destruction?

Nothing!

 

[Whitefox82]

Never said there was

 

[The Guide]

ZERO!!!!!!!!
Because what I do has worked well for me in 30 years of killing big game!!!!!
Not sure what you fine offensive about my first post! YOU DO YOU!!!

But the ENTIRE thread is about hunting with Berger bullets, of which by your own admission you have zero experience with nor do you mention them. Interesting to see you get upset when you took the discussion off topic and were questioned about it. Have a better day!

Jay

 

[Jordan Smith]

Nothing!

Except for meat damage, and sometimes penetration. Which may or may not matter to you.

 

[WeiserBucks]

Damage is the #1 goal.

 

[Jordan Smith]

Damage is the #1 goal.

That depends on the application. Culling or crop damage permits, sure. Grocery shopping for meat in the freezer is another story, and there, it's a compromise between vital damage and meat preservation. If I'm looking for meat, I'm not interested in going full Saving Private Ryan with the sticky bomb on my critters, but I also want to recover said critter, so I'm also not interested in FMJ penciling.

 

[CJ_BG]

That depends on the application. Culling or crop damage permits, sure. Grocery shopping for meat in the freezer is another story, and there, it's a compromise between vital damage and meat preservation. If I'm looking for meat, I'm not interested in going full Saving Private Ryan with the sticky bomb on my critters, but I also want to recover said critter, so I'm also not interested in FMJ penciling.

If you're hunting for meat just don't shoot the parts with meat you want to consume

 

[Jordan Smith]

If you're hunting for meat just don't shoot the parts with meat you want to consume

In practice away from the Internet, that's sometimes easier said than done if you're intent on getting meat.

 

[Mike D Texas]

Good grief the excuses some people make.

No one is losing a substantial amount of meat unless you are shooting them in the ass.

 

[Jordan Smith]

Good grief the excuses some people make.

No one is losing a substantial amount of meat unless you are shooting them in the ass.

Who is “no one”?

I’ve guided enough hunters and killed enough of my own critters to know that your statement is certainly not true.

I’ve used, and continue to use, match bullets like the VLD, ELD-M, etc., for certain applications, but they’re definitely not a do-all bullet design.

 

[Whitefox82]

What’s acceptable meat loss to one can be an unacceptable loss to another.

 

[bojangles808]

how do we rank the 6.5mm options for killing?

 

[sndmn11]

how do we rank the 6.5mm options for killing?

7 A+ grades and 10 gold stars

 

[HuntHarder]

how do we rank the 6.5mm options for killing?

The 130vldh's have been great in my 6.5.
This year, I am going shoot a 6.5 PRC and try out the 156's most likely. Really for no reason, other than boredom and maybe gaining a little more killing range.

 

[Mike D Texas]

Who is “no one”?

I’ve guided enough hunters and killed enough of my own critters to know that your statement is certainly not true.

I’ve used, and continue to use, match bullets like the VLD, ELD-M, etc., for certain applications, but they’re definitely not a do-all bullet design.

Ok, humor me. Where is anyone shooting an animal that they are losing a substantial amount of meat with a highly frangible bullet?

And I wasn’t suggesting they are a do all bullet.

 

[bojangles808]

7 A+ grades and 10 gold stars

I mean VLD Vs Hybrid Target vs LRHT etc

 

[CJ_BG]

In practice away from the Internet, that's sometimes easier said than done if you're intent on getting meat.

In practice it's really easy, don't put the crosshair on the shoulder, backstrap, or hind quarters. If you're intent on getting meat and want to maximize the amount you get there's no reason to put a bullet into the meat

 

[Whitefox82]

In practice it's really easy, don't put the crosshair on the shoulder, backstrap, or hind quarters. If you're intent on getting meat and want to maximize the amount you get there's no reason to put a bullet into the meat

Even if you’re not “in” the shoulder you can have extensive loss of meat from blood shot and lead fragmentation. Essentially you’re asking to make liver shots if your getting entrance holes this big. As I said, to each his own, but I’m not interested in that much destruction. It’s just not necessary imo. And I don’t remember the last time I had an animal go out of sight after the shot.
But certainly shoot whatever your gun likes and you think you need.