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

[Jake Larsen]

This may have been covered, but has anyone tested out the Sierra Tipped Game King, aka gamechanger? Im shooting the 130gr smk out of my rifle because I got a bunch of them pretty cheap. Im curious how that bullet does. I know it is a little tougher than the TMK but not a bonded bullet so it should fragment some.

I’ve only used them in 7mm and .308, but at MVs of 2600-2800 fps, they have performed really well for me. Not a ton of fragmentation at lower MVs, but I’ve had excellent expansion down to 1800fps or lower. Easy and cheap to load, excellent ballistics. I see them as approaching bonded bullet type performance at lower MVs, but with super reliable expansion and match type accuracy.


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[amassi]

This may have been covered, but has anyone tested out the Sierra Tipped Game King, aka gamechanger? Im shooting the 130gr smk out of my rifle because I got a bunch of them pretty cheap. Im curious how that bullet does. I know it is a little tougher than the TMK but not a bonded bullet so it should fragment some.

They sure act bonded
Wounds very similar to the accubond
They are very easy to load


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[william schmaltz]

Bull moose. Liquified his lungs. Both bullets ended up resting a few inches apart on the opposite shoulder blade. The bull still made it probably 30 yards and took about 30 seconds to drop.

 

[bowrunner81]

Bull moose. Liquified his lungs. Both bullets ended up resting a few inches apart on the opposite shoulder blade. The bull still made it probably 30 yards and took about 30 seconds to drop. View attachment 778420View attachment 778421View attachment 778422

Do you know what the approximate impact velocity was and what distance?

 

[Hondo0925]

Bull moose. Liquified his lungs. Both bullets ended up resting a few inches apart on the opposite shoulder blade. The bull still made it probably 30 yards and took about 30 seconds to drop. View attachment 778420View attachment 778421View attachment 778422

This is awesome

 

[Brontosaurus]

Bull moose. Liquified his lungs. Both bullets ended up resting a few inches apart on the opposite shoulder blade. The bull still made it probably 30 yards and took about 30 seconds to drop. View attachment 778420View attachment 778421View attachment 778422

What bullet?

 

[Bluumoon]

Finally got around to testing the 6.5 superlite barrel on my T3. 140 ELDMs shot 5 shots at about .75", but the 130 TMKs were lights out with 5 under .5". I still want to load up 10 of each and shoot a larger group sample size, but is there any reason to prioritize the 140 eld over the 130 TMK? Primary use is whitetail to 200 and deer/elk out to my self imposed max of 500.

As I understand it you won't be able to tell much/if any difference. I shot 143s for elk last year, the 130 TMK groups better for me and will be the go to for current barrel. Rumor is TMKs are a little more forgiving around 1800fps bottom limit.