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Berger VLD’s
Posted on 11/29/24 at 8:28 pm
Posted on 11/29/24 at 8:28 pm
Anyone have any experience with these bullets? If so, what’s your thoughts?
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Posted on 11/29/24 at 8:32 pm to RDOtiger
They work, till they don’t. Extremely fragile…. Like explode
Posted on 11/29/24 at 8:33 pm to RDOtiger
For target shooting or hunting? As far as target shooting goes Berger is overwhelming the #1 bullet at competitions.
Don’t have any experience with Bergers for hunting.
Don’t have any experience with Bergers for hunting.
Posted on 11/29/24 at 9:23 pm to civiltiger07
For whitetails.
Posted on 11/29/24 at 9:49 pm to RDOtiger
What caliber?
There is a VLD hunting and and a VLD target. The hunting bullets have a thinner jacket than the target bullets.
In a .308 you should have a good pass through and a very good blood trail. In a faster, smaller caliber you will like have a grenade type expansion and no exit.
Decide on what you want in your bullet.
There is a VLD hunting and and a VLD target. The hunting bullets have a thinner jacket than the target bullets.
In a .308 you should have a good pass through and a very good blood trail. In a faster, smaller caliber you will like have a grenade type expansion and no exit.
Decide on what you want in your bullet.
Posted on 11/29/24 at 9:59 pm to bbvdd
My experience in 7mm mag and 7 saum is they explode. Drop deer in their tracks and ruin a shoulder.
Posted on 11/29/24 at 10:06 pm to RDOtiger
They are very accurate and do well when handloaded. The VLD hunting bullets do what they say: penetrate about 2-3" and then start exploding. All that energy stays in the chest cavity and everything is destroyed...it's like flipping a switch off. I try to put the bullet in the chest on quartering shots because you will lose the shoulder on entry. I use them in my 30 Nosler for long range whitetails, but would not use them on larger game or thicker skinned animals.
Posted on 11/29/24 at 10:21 pm to Duckhammer_77
I’m shooting .140 grain in a 7MM WSM. I’ve killed with every shot, but very little blood due to the small entry hole and no pass through. I’ve avoided the shoulder shots.
Love the accuracy, but not sold on this being the right bullet for my rifle…
Love the accuracy, but not sold on this being the right bullet for my rifle…
Posted on 11/29/24 at 11:09 pm to RDOtiger
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not sold on this being the right bullet for my rifle…
maybe it's not...I've tested the 115gr VLDs in my 257 Wby and can get decent groups. But the VLDs like to sit right at the rifling for best accuracy and you ain't doing that in an older MkV chamber
Posted on 11/30/24 at 9:56 am to RDOtiger
I’ve had no issues with the hunting version. Devastating terminal ballistics. Shot an Auodad at 500 yards. Opened up the chest cavity and everything was mush.
Posted on 12/1/24 at 9:35 am to chrome1007
What caliber and grain you shooting?
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