6.5 Creedmoor/260 for Deer, Elk, and whatever else.....

[sbaker0029]

Anyone tried the new AAC line in 6.5 creedmoor from palmetto?

 

[UpSideDown]

Is there any info out there on the 140gr Tactical Tip Matchking loaded by Federal for their tactical line? I couldn't find anything useful out there. It looks like a 140gr TMK but I didn't find published data on it.

 

[Spoonbill]

Is there any info out there on the 140gr Tactical Tip Matchking loaded by Federal for their tactical line? I couldn't find anything useful out there. It looks like a 140gr TMK but I didn't find published data on it.

I think its in the 223 thread but its the same bullet just with a blue tip. Not sure if that applies to just the 223 or across the board.

 

[Formidilosus]

Is there any info out there on the 140gr Tactical Tip Matchking loaded by Federal for their tactical line? I couldn't find anything useful out there. It looks like a 140gr TMK but I didn't find published data on it.

Federal Tactical Tip Matchkings are terminally the same as TMK’s.

 

[amassi]

Federal Tactical Tip Matchkings are terminally the same as TMK’s.

Think they’ll ever sell the 140tmk ?


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[Formidilosus]

Think they’ll ever sell the 140tmk ?


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Hell, they can’t seem to sell any TMK’s that they make.

 

[BjornF16]

Is there any info out there on the 140gr Tactical Tip Matchking loaded by Federal for their tactical line? I couldn't find anything useful out there. It looks like a 140gr TMK but I didn't find published data on it.

The Sierra Ballistician gave me a BC of .563 G1 for the 140 TMK

 

[woods89]

Think they’ll ever sell the 140tmk ?


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It'd be great for the PRC and SAUM guys, but would it really do much more at CM velocities?

I used to feel like I wanted a 145-148 TMK, but I've about decided the 130 is just fine for a CM/260. The biggest thing on my mind was better penetration but after my own experience with 130s and watching people drop animals wholesale with 22 cal and 6mm rounds, I'm not worried about it anymore.

 

[amassi]

It'd be great for the PRC and SAUM guys, but would it really do much more at CM velocities?

I used to feel like I wanted a 145-148 TMK, but I've about decided the 130 is just fine for a CM/260. The biggest thing on my mind was better penetration but after my own experience with 130s and watching people drop animals wholesale with 22 cal and 6mm rounds, I'm not worried about it anymore.

Definitely leaning towards magnum for the 140.
Agree the 130tmk is match made in heaven for cm


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[UpSideDown]

If only the BC's of the TMK's in 6.5 were comparable to the ELD-M's.

 

[ID_Matt]

If only the BC's of the TMK's in 6.5 were comparable to the ELD-M's.

Agreed

 

[11Justin22]

Hell, they can’t seem to sell any TMK’s that they make.

Why is that?

 

[Formidilosus]

Why is that?

Because people lost their minds and bought everything they saw when they didn’t need it, and Sierra didn’t/hasn’t increased production.

 

[11Justin22]

Because people lost their minds and bought everything they saw when they didn’t need it, and Sierra didn’t/hasn’t increased production.

Ahhhh, I interpreted your first statement wrong. If they can be found would you prefer those federal loaded 140gr over 140 eldm. I had planned on using the Hornady this year as I don't reload. I have used the 77gr tmk with great results but nobody does a factory load with the creedmoor.

 

[Formidilosus]

If they can be found would you prefer those federal loaded 140gr over 140 eldm.

The TMK’s create as close to an ideal wound profile as any bullet made to me. Having said that, ELD-M’s are very good and most/few people would ever notice the difference. Pick whichever is available to you, you won’t miss it fail because you used one or the other.


Having said that…. Given both on a table and in quantity- TMK’s.

 

[SouthPaw]

If only the BC's of the TMK's in 6.5 were comparable to the ELD-M's.

Compare the 130TMK to the 130/140 ELD-m (BC) in Applied Ballistics test library...the 130tmk stacks up just fine.

 

[carsonkeys]

My wife just killed a billy at 470y with a little 6.5cm shooting 147 ELD-Ms out of a 18.5” tube. She was able to watch her impact and prepare for a follow up shot, which wasn’t needed. The results were exactly what I have experienced with previous animals of this combo.

Caliber-sized entrance, substantial disruption the the chest cavity with a tennis- to golf-ball sized hole exiting the chest. I typically get exits with smaller bodied animals like deer, pronghorn, and goat, but generally not with elk or larger.
I will continue to hunt exclusively with that combo.

Exit with offside shoulder on

Exit with offside shoulder removed.

 

[Johnny Tyndall]

Drank the koolaid and ordered a T3X in 6.5CM. People I trust tell me I'll be undergunned for elk. Hope to find out that's not true this fall.

 

[allstajacket]

Drank the koolaid and ordered a T3X in 6.5CM. People I trust tell me I'll be undergunned for elk. Hope to find out that's not true this fall.

I think if you keep it within 400 yards you will be absolutely fine. And use a premium bullet like a Nosler Accubond.

Good luck!


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[Jimbee]

I think if you keep it within 400 yards you will be absolutely fine. And use a premium bullet like a Nosler Accubond.

Good luck!


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Did you miss the pictures one post above yours?