>Wow,
>That's a super impressive group Cboy!
> I'd easily take that
>in my rig!
>
>I'm now totally torn because a
>friend just came back from
>Africa and said the first
>four
>animals he shot with his 180g
>Bergers out of his 7Mag
>blew up and didn't penetrate
>at all. They never
>did find one of them.
>
>So he went to his back
>up Hornadys for the rest
>of the hunt.
>
>No question the Bergers are more
>accurate. My concern is
>performance since it's a hunting
>rifle.
>
>So have you shot anything with
>your 156 EOLs? If
>so how did they perform?
>
Berger?s in my 300 Tejas do group better then my Barnes both 168 grain bullets. But I worry about the Berger?s on large thick skin game. Like large bull elk and bigger animals. I have seen to many bull elk after getting hit in the shoulder with a Berger get up and are never seen again. So I choose to hunt with my Barnes bullets. Which in almost every case are complete pass through .
For those that believe in the Kinetic energy theory and pass throughs are bad. I don't. It's about what the bullet hits or destroys that puts a animal down. Not some magic energy the bullet releases on the animal. If you can't even get threw the shoulder to get to the vitals . That's the first strike against you. Do you need energy to push the bullet threw the animal,yes. I also worry about the performance of the Eldx?s bullets as well. A good old Nosler Partition I believe out performs the Eldx. I would still shoot it in my 300 Tejas if it didn't come apart when I shoot it. But it most normal rounds a Partition is still a great bullet as long as it is not pushed to fast.