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As a PSA, I ordered 200 rounds of black hills 77 grn TMK from creedmoor sports, just over $300 shipped and they shipped right away. Very happy with creedmoor sports.
Ryan
Ryan
As a PSA, I ordered 200 rounds of black hills 77 grn TMK from creedmoor sports, just over $300 shipped and they shipped right away. Very happy with creedmoor sports.
Ryan
Shot some hand loads in the Tikka today. Found a decent load for practice.Just as an FYI, that’s not a “5.56mm” issue, that’s a screwed up load or case issue.
Shot some hand loads in the Tikka today. Found a decent load for practice.
Fired 5 rounds of the AAC 77gn OTM out of the Wylde chambered AR.
Yes, screw up. I'll let them know. On the other hand, their Sierra 77gn TMK was fine. Just not as accurate as my hand loads.
How do they shoot?Got an e-mail today from Stand1 that their 77gr TMK is back in stock.
I've not chronoed them so I can't speak to speed, but they shoot very well in my AR (.223 wylde) and my Ruger American (5.56). Post 3,946 on this thread (one page back) shows some expected results.How do they shoot?
Shot some hand loads in the Tikka today. Found a decent load for practice.
Fired 5 rounds of the AAC 77gn OTM out of the Wylde chambered AR.
Yes, screw up. I'll let them know. On the other hand, their Sierra 77gn TMK was fine. Just not as accurate as my hand loads.
@Formidilosus I saw your post where you took an animal with a 77gr TMK impacting about 1500fps, could you share what impact velocity you would trust the following rounds to be efficacious at?
77gr TMK
73gr ELD-M
130gr TMK
140gr ELD-M
147gr ELD-M
I’m curious to the range a Tikka shooting factory loads can be taken to when hunting, though these numbers are certainly useful in a broader context.
Thats the single best 30 cal mag hunting bullet. It's a solid killer, and very easy to develop a load with. Also, as of last night creedmoor sports had 500 count boxes of 77TMK's in stock. I finally scored some to work up a load for my 22CM with. I'll have that along with my 88ELDM load. Should be a fun fall season with those two. I want to do a side by side comparison. Both will be doing 3050fps give or take out of my 18" 22CM.Well not 180's but 215's
Patiently waiting for the day the new vaporized lung pictures start popping up. Soon, very soon.
Yes!Plenty of good pictures of damage in this thread. My son (9 year old) killed two whitetails with the 77 TMK last year (my first direct experience with them killing animals) and while I don't have wound pictures, the damage was remarkable. I was a major skeptic when I first started reading this thread back in its early days. Not anymore. The more I read, the more my mind was opened so I jumped in. Glad I did. I'd shoot anything in North America inside 400 yards (personal preference based on my abilities) with the 77TMK after seeing what it does to tissue in person.
Plenty of good pictures of damage in this thread. My son (9 year old) killed two whitetails with the 77 TMK last year (my first direct experience with them killing animals) and while I don't have wound pictures, the damage was remarkable. I was a major skeptic when I first started reading this thread back in its early days. Not anymore. The more I read, the more my mind was opened so I jumped in. Glad I did. I'd shoot anything in North America inside 400 yards (personal preference based on my abilities) with the 77TMK after seeing what it does to tissue in person.