210 grain Berger close range

brockel

WKR
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Feb 8, 2017
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Baker,mt
I have a friend that is running 210 Bergers at almost 3200fps. He’s worried that they will explode if he shoots an elk at 50 yards. I told him put it behind the shoulder and you should be fine. Anyone ever ran them into game at that speed that close?
 

Rick

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Sep 9, 2013
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SouthWest WA
I shot a bull at about 35 yards last year. 300WM running just short of 3000 fps. Knocked a good 1-2 inch hole on the way in and found the jacket with a small amount of lead under the hide on the off side.
The shot was behind the shoulder slightly quartering away with the off side damage / direction looking as I had shot quartering to. Translation = the bullet deflected vs punching straight through but destroyed everything in the middle. He went less than 50 yards before crashing.
 

Mulemania

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Jul 5, 2019
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it Will separate hard, won’t be as bad as a ballistic tip but it will make a mess
 
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