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

[omicron1792]

Yea that happens. Id expect inconsistency from small frangible bullets but it seems like the plastic tips do a lot to improve that. I havent seen every picture in this thread but it doesnt look like anyone gets penciling from TMK or ELD

That’s monos my man

 

[Choupique]

That’s monos my man

I thought that was the chief issue with regular hollow point match bullets?

 

[LimeSpoon]

I thought that was the chief issue with regular hollow point match bullets?

Yes, it is.

It’s the difference between yaw-initiated fragmentation (standard OTMs) and hydraulic expansion. TMKs expand largely in the same manner as any other hollowpoint.

The tip has less to do with it than the greatly enlarged hollowpoint cavity under the tip.

There’s still variation in the consistency of different kinds of expanding bullets, but with rifle rounds at high velocities, expansion is almost universally a more reliable upset mechanism than yaw.

 

[BLJ]

And while I put together a tack driver of a 22 Arc this year, because the ballistics look so great on paper, I have yet to hunt with it.

If you do decide to hunt with it, I can recommend the 75 ELDM.
I’m my experience they run about 40 yards.

 

[Q_Sertorius]

If you do decide to hunt with it, I can recommend the 75 ELDM.
I’m my experience they run about 40 yards.

View attachment 975865

What’s the sample size?

 

[BLJ]

First one specifically with the 22ARC/75ELDM.

5th eastern whitetail with 22 caliber match bullets from 73 to 77 grains.
All very similar impact velocity.
Around 2655 FPS on the top end and 2200 on the low end.

10-40 yard run after the shot.
The post above was all lungs and no heart. Best blood trail yet.
I’ve got exits from all 5.
I’m the crease behind the shoulder.