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Especially those you've successfully used to kill big game with at ~750 yds and beyond.

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Originally posted by Ackley Improved User:
I’ve been reading Brian Litz lately, and he’s convinced me that when it comes to killing big game at very long range – say 1000 yds +/- 500 yds – that 1) shot placement into the vitals trumps other measures of terminal ballistics, 2) also, all else being equal, a higher impact velocity will be more lethal than a lower impact velocity, and finally 3) that terminal bullet performance is intimately connected to external ballistic performance.

Thus, higher BC bullets at higher impact velocities are best, because they are more inherently accurate at very long range; because, they are more immune to drop and wind deflection and have a longer "dead space", making it easier to hit the vitals at the highest possible velocity.

That being said, it would appear that VLD bullets, such as those provided by Berger hunting bullets and Nosler LR Accubonds, are the bullets of choice. But, this doesn’t mean other bullets won’t work, it’s just that the odds are better with the high BC bullets fired at relatively high velocity.

I'm going with the Berger VLDs and Nosler LR Accubonds.

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Originally posted by AnotherAZWriter:
"high BC would have nothing to do with terminal ballistics, to say nothing of construction. I might be dead wrong, but one reason the Nosler LR bullets are difficult to get to shoot is the boattail is solid, whereas the Berger is lead. Bullets with more weight forward are more difficult to get to shoot accurately, but the Nosler on paper would seem to offer better terminal ballistics. You need all three: BC, accuracy, and terminal ballistics. IMO, you pick two of the three and compromise on the third".

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Originally posted by matt salm:
That's pretty much why I've stuck with the 200gr accubond. The BC is more than respectable, and it is a damned good performer on game. Expansion on an elk at 850 that was centered vertically and 6" behind the shoulder provided a 2" exit and a 40 yard blood trail. Terminal performance was very good. On a large mule deer at 1180, I was able to pick the heart out of the cavity with no knife work as the top of it was gone on a broadside shot. I have seen a a couple deer taken with the 7mm Bergers, and while they do work, they're a little explosive for my taste out of the 7 RUM even at extended ranges. That is only my take on it with only a couple examples I was present to witness. I did not see anything wounded, one deer at 750 was shot a second time, but the first one would have done it, the buck was still standing and got another 180 berger....we didn't get much meat off that front half.