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    Terminal performance: 69tmk vs 77tmk?

    Is there a substantial POA/POI difference within the mean point blank range between the 69 & 77gr TMK's?
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    .223 for bear, mountain goat, deer, elk, and moose.

    Remember, the topic and context of the thread is on the .223 (and .223-adjacent) rounds. SMK in .308/168gr is not really the same as SMK in .223/77gr; the people who have advised against SMKs for hunting in this thread have pretty specifically mentioned the .223 varieties.
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    .223 for bear, mountain goat, deer, elk, and moose.

    For anyone who might care... OG Pmags fit and cycle the factory loaded BHA 77gr TMK just fine. Not sure why I needed to check that either.
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    Brand new stock... McMillan Mountaineer

    Comparatively it does look like it's thinner than previous McMillan stock grips, but still a fair bit thicker than more common Savage and Tikka grips. Edit: getting a better look from underneath like that, long trigger reach is long. Again, not a problem for many, but that stock is unusable for me.
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    Brand new stock... McMillan Mountaineer

    McMillan grips have always been pretty thicc. Unfortunate for those of us not blessed with adult sized hands; it's honestly hard to convey how much more work goes into controlling and manipulating a gun when a grip is too fat for your hand(s).
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    .223 for bear, mountain goat, deer, elk, and moose.

    Huh. That's pretty zippy out the gate even for the barrel length. Nice load recipe you landed on. Hopefully you'll share more of future animals taken with it!
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    Backstop Recoil Pad

    That did annoy me a little in the launch video. Think some local-to-him Roksliders should take him out big game hunting with those 'child' cartridges. I'd put that recoil pad on a .223 or 6mm Tikka just to 'spite' him, as much as one can spite someone after financially supporting them by buying...
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    .223 for bear, mountain goat, deer, elk, and moose.

    Seems fast. What's your mv? Maybe I'm just confused because I've been mostly paying attention to 16-18" barrels lol.
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    .223 for bear, mountain goat, deer, elk, and moose.

    From what I'm reading yes. It seems that 1800fps mark is more of a safety-net than a hard floor because there are a number of animals shot south of that speed exhibiting almost, if not exactly, the same wounds. 2460fps makes me think a pretty short-range shot or a 22cm or something a bit hotter?
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    .223 for bear, mountain goat, deer, elk, and moose.

    You know what, completely unrelated to the topic, but you just made a fine case for having a cheap folding foam mat on a backpack hunt. I hadn't even considered how helpful it might be if shooting from prone.
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    .223 for bear, mountain goat, deer, elk, and moose.

    I've been watching more videos on good shots that still result in runners and there is basically no rhyme or reason that I can tell. I'd guess some animals just have more blood primed in the system, more oxygen from a breath in that particular moment, or just plain more will to live than others...
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    .223 for bear, mountain goat, deer, elk, and moose.

    Modern day Olympic Arms but with worse barrels.
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    Black Rifle Coffee has let me down, those #$%#$%

    I'm not one to defend them because they're not worth defending, but coffee cement being into small pieces to chew on sounds kinda nice honestly. I'm the guy that chews the grinds at the bottom of a cup though.
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    AR vs Bolt

    Thank you for explaining, I get what you mean now. If we're fair in assessing "tuning", the very fact that gas guns are tunable also creates opportunities for some of the softest, comfiest shooting available (reference that JP rifle I mentioned previously). Oftentimes people don't want to mess...
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    AR vs Bolt

    That sounds like a poorly tuned (specifically, over-gassed) gun. This is more common then not as manufacturers often use excessively large gas ports to make up for crappy ammo with low or inconsistent pressure. However, ARs should never have harder recoil impulses then guns of like caliber and...
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    .223 for bear, mountain goat, deer, elk, and moose.

    End user installing them is a little odd yeah. Hard to imagine it will have the same repeatability as being seated by a machine. I'll have to look for some tests or uses showing wound tracts to compare. Do you have a preference in bullet weight for your rifle or do you kinda stick with what's...
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    .223 for bear, mountain goat, deer, elk, and moose.

    I'm looking at these hammer bullets and I see they have a tipped one. Have you used that? Do you have a preference if so?
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    AR vs Bolt

    Hm. I'm not the initial person to ask about the perceived benefits of the 350 Legend so I've no real dog in that race. And to be clear, I'm not against the 350 Legend at all and I think it's actually a very cool cartridge for its design purpose. Straight wall case restrictions are wonky but...
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    AR vs Bolt

    I think what's being asked is what that additional energy you reference is doing as far as the wound tract goes, since that's presumably what you really mean. Unless you're talking mass on target for steel shoots, which aren't really done anymore. I've been tracking similarly in my own thought...
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    AR vs Bolt

    Not really. We routinely mistreat our patrol guns and there's a pretty solid history of them running in adverse conditions. All they need is lube, reliable mags, and ammo.

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