8 More Hogs + 8 Onboard, OMT and SST Bullets

[Double Naught Spy]

DNS,

You have been using the Berger 130AR Hybrid on a couple of hunts now. What is your general impression of the 130 as a hunting bullet?

I don't like it as a hunting bullet. In Berger's defense, they don't sell it as such. It is part of their tactical line...which apparently means that like their other ammo, it is supposed to be very accurate, except that it has a heavier jacket to withstand the heat of the barrel in tactical situations where the person running the rifle might be shooting much more, such heat apparently being too damaging to hunting type bullets. I could find the link to that, but that is the gist of what they say. Anyhow, my impression of the bullet is that it hits and the copper jacket nose gets ripped off, either with impact or when the bullet starts to yaw as it becomes destabilized. As the bullet yaws, it may fragment into chunks or is may remain largely intact and just tumble and end up base first. Fragmentation is good for more damaging wounds. Tumble on impact damage isn't impressive. Since this bullet isn't reliable to perform in a certain manner, I don't like it for hunting. It seems to be a good penetrator, nearly whole or in chunks, but that seems to be about it on terminal ballistics.

Thanks for the video. Bad day to be a hog in front of your gun. How do you like this ammo compared to the 90gr tnt’s?

Well, unlike above, TNTs are reliable at breaking apart. You know what they are going to do. They don't penetrate as well, but they penetrate sufficiently for most hog shots.