.223 for bear, mountain goat, deer, elk, and moose.

[Castle Rock]

Not at all, they are readily available and very accurate. If you are loading at AR mag length they are a good pick, I would never feel handicapped using a 73eldm. I would buy the 77tmk if they were available if not I would load 73s and go hunting.

100%

 

[Juan_ID]

22 Caliber .224 Diameter 77 Grain TMK Tipped Matchking 500 Count

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Little cheaper than midway…

 

[Juan_ID]

500ct tmk $196 @ midway

code MUSA1024 gets you 20% off and is a little cheaper than midsouth.

 

[24valve]

After spending time with some influential individuals over the past year, I drank the rokslide Kool aid, built a .223 rokslide special and it quickly became my favorite rifle to shoot. I found some 77 TMK's, developed a load, and got it ready for hunting this fall.

Picture below shows an antelope shot at 210 yards (2400 fps). The lungs were soup and it was a gamechanger to watch the shot impact with a minimal recoil of a suppressed 223. It walked 30 yards and dropped without any drama. Similar damage if not more than a 175gr ABLR at 400 yards from a 7 mag (2260 fps) on a bull elk two weeks later (no pics, it was late while quartering it and this is a .223 thread after all).

I'll definitely be hunting more with this combination in the future, thanks to everyone who's contributing in this thread.

 

[Dust Rider]

Kids filled their MT antelope tags opening weekend. Tikka T3X .223 Black Hills factory TMK 77gr. Maven RS 1.2 with SilencerCo Scythe Ti can. 12 year old sons shot was 390 yards off tripod kneeling. One shot high shoulder and it did the death jump and piled up. 15 year old daughters shot was the next day. 340 yards, same rifle off bipod prone. One shot into vitals and it was done. So far we have 2 whitetail does and two pronghorn bucks all one shot kills with the TMK 77 gr. It has become all of our favorite rifle combo to shoot.

 

[PNWGATOR]

Kids filled their MT antelope tags opening weekend. Tikka T3X .223 Black Hills factory TMK 77gr. Maven RS 1.2 with SilencerCo Scythe Ti can. 12 year old sons shot was 390 yards off tripod kneeling. One shot high shoulder and it did the death jump and piled up. 15 year old daughters shot was the next day. 340 yards, same rifle off bipod prone. One shot into vitals and it was done. So far we have 2 whitetail does and two pronghorn bucks all one shot kills with the TMK 77 gr. It has become all of our favorite rifle combo to shoot.

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WELL done!

 

[Dust Rider]

WELL done!

Thanks for starting this great thread! Very informative and eye opening!

 

[PistolPete]

Nice work to all you guys; impressive!

code MUSA1024 gets you 20% off and is a little cheaper than midsouth.

Side question: any idea what the deal is with Midway and their coupons? I see products (like these TMKs) on their site saying "eligible for MUSA1024", yet I am not able to apply it in my cart...

 

[Juan_ID]

Side question: any idea what the deal is with Midway and their coupons? I see products (like these TMKs) on their site saying "eligible for MUSA1024", yet I am not able to apply it in my cart...

Do you by chance have another code already entered that’s keeping this one from being applied? Works for me

 

[JPW13]

I posted previously about a mule deer that I shot at 100 yards with a 80 eldm (3450 MV) where it ran a short distance and died, no blood trail at all. My first experience with this tiny bullet had me a little worried that had it run further it would have been an issue to track.

Since that time I was able to take a WT at ~60yards facing me, DRT.


Very impressed with the performance. No exit, minimal blood, but highly effective.

Fast forward to later that day and my hunting partner took another WT using my rifle at 440yards, also DRT with a high shoulder impact that would have been around 2500fps.

Entered right through the armour plating of a deer scapula

Nice exit right out the armour plating on the far shoulder...

Nothing but soupy vitals. I'm a believer and now developing a load for a 223 with the 77TMKs. I can't believe I'm saying this, but the 22CM at 3450MV almost seems overkill.

Thanks to all the posters and great info in this thread.

 

[Bluumoon]

Nice work to all you guys; impressive!



Side question: any idea what the deal is with Midway and their coupons? I see products (like these TMKs) on their site saying "eligible for MUSA1024", yet I am not able to apply it in my cart...

I had to call, had a useless birthday month code. The gals in CS were very helpful

 

[Yooper25]

Tikka shooting 73 eld m, 26gr leverevolution, cci br4 primers.

 

[ARK_Ginger]

Tikka shooting 73 eld m, 26gr leverevolution, cci br4 primers.

adjust that zero and go kill something

 

[Matt5266]

Tikka shooting 73 eld m, 26gr leverevolution, cci br4 primers.

Nice! What's your velocity and barrel length?

 

[Jesseb]

Code doesn’t work for me either. Tried everything and I don’t even see that code as an option anywhere on there site.

 

[Yooper25]

Nice! What's your velocity and barrel length?

Not sure on velocity. 22.5” factory barrel

 

[xsn10s]

I used the code this morning for some brass. You might need to sign up for the rewards program.

 

[Gettincloser]

I am highly impressed! This tikka T3X Lite choped and threaded to 18" with the SWFA 3-15x42 is one slick setup. No recoil, the suppressor allows open ears and it is dead steady. Probably a 3mph breeze today on and off and at 100 yes it kept all shots just under 1 1/4"! I was using the Black Hills 77gr TMK. Much more consistent than the AAC but a bit more per shot.

I will take it out to 400yds and confirm everything ASAP but this will be my go to rifle for hogs and deer here in TX. Just need to wait until we butcher a steer and see if I can convince dad to let me take it with the 223. That way I can check vitals on something larger! That should be a good test for me!

 

[BAKPAKR]

My daughter got a doe this afternoon with the 77 gr TMK at about 100 yards. It ran about 25 yards after being shot in the onside shoulder. The entrance into the rib cage is on the left and exit on the right (tip of blue arrow). It didn’t go through or break the offside shoulder.

 

[Marbles]

This morning it was cold enough that my 22 LR was light striking, so I grabbed the 223. 5 pigs today, 4 of the 5 had skulls that looked like this
That should be the base of the skull, the knife tip is touching the remains of the brain.

The one that did not have the base of the skull blown apart was shoot more downward and the bullet passed through the roof of the mouth.

It depends on how the skull is hit, the bullet always goes through it, but doesn't always break it up so much.

On a side note, a pig with a brain that looks like that still kicks and flops for a bit, even after it has stopped bleeding out from the cut carotids.