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

[kkp005]

https://imgur.com/a/yeVKx3S

77 tmk 18" .223. 2850 starting 2500fps impact. Broke both shoulders, fairly messy, went straight down.

What’s your recipe to get 2850 out of an 18”?

 

[204guy]

What’s your recipe to get 2850 out of an 18”?

I checked my app. It should say 2815. I think the load is 25grs varget. It crunches like hell seating. Works well in that rifle though.

 

[Bcleck90]

Tikka T3x / 75gr. Gold Dots. Shot him at 168 and he went about 20 yards. I still have an Antelope tag to fill this week so more pics to come.

 

[Castle Rock]

Got to be happy with that
Edited to add; whereabouts in Alabama is that

 

[Bcleck90]

Got to be happy with that
Edited to add; whereabouts in Alabama is that

Ha! Gulf of Mexico is just right over those hills.

 

[HighUintas]

I don't have a 233 or CM. But has anyone tried a 30cal 175 tmk on elk? I'm wondering if it would do too much meat damage, considering what those 223/deer pictures look like

 

[mt100gr.]

My daughter crushed this buck last week during the 2 day MT youth deer hunt.

Tikka T3x Lite-Compact, 223 Rem, Unknown Munitions 77gr TMK

Zero Drama

 

[Castle Rock]

Very nice shooting

 

[Nomosendero]

Good for your daughter, I bet she was excited, likely Dad as well!

 

[mt100gr.]

Good for your daughter, I bet she was excited, likely Dad as well!

We got a little fired up!!

 

[Lawnboi]

Today I packed up my creedmoor to take to Montana…. I feel like I’m cheating on my 223. All came down to more mag on the scope for ID so I don’t shoot a spike. 3 doe tags is all Montana gave me this year.

 

[Castle Rock]

To no one in particular-

You’re pole vaulting over mouse turds. Take a 77gr TMK, put 23.7gr (or 23.5or 23.3gr) of 8208 in a case (any case), with any standard SR primer, seat it to 2.26” COAL, shoot. That’s it. That combo has shot well in every single 223/5.56 we’ve tried it in.

The above load in an 8 twist IBI at 470 yards
Velocity 2815 from a 22 inch barrel

 

[Formidilosus]

The above load in an 8 twist IBI at 470 yards
Velocity 2815 from a 22 inch barrel

 

[damnbluedog]

If anyone had questions about 130 tmk, I can provide one data point: shot a mature mule deer at 100 yards, it traveled 15 yards and flopped. I clipped the end of the humorous, shattering the bone down the entire length and breaking the end of the scapula off. The Bullet continued on into the chest, fist sized entry hole, liquefied the lungs. Lots of blood between the off side shoulder and the chest, no visible bullet hole in the off side thought. The damage to the entry shoulder suggested rapid expansion. The most meat I've ever lost on an entry side shot. If it had entered just a couple inches back...

 

[Castle Rock]

I guess you’re talking about the 6.5 creed or something with the TMK
That weight seems to be the sweet spot for 6.5 mm devastation,the 130 grain ELDM at 260 velocities absolutely reeks havoc too

 

[Castle Rock]

Thanks for the heads up mate
KISS

 

[Castle Rock]

Wreaks

 

[damnbluedog]

Yes, out of 6.5 CM over RL15.

 

[TxxAgg]

The 77 TMK keep working great...went about 30 yds

 

[kkp005]

The 77 TMK keep working great...went about 30 ydsView attachment 343012

Did it exit ?