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.

 

[SC HUNTER]

180 pound 8 point in Georgia's rifle opener shot with a 6.5 creedmoor suppressed using a factory 143 grain eld-x. Shot was between 100-120 yards complete pass through, he ran about 40 yards heading back to his bedroom. He was pouring blood pretty quick and wasn't hard to find. At the shot it sounded like you'd dropped a Watermelon on concrete!
Picture 1 entrance
2 exit
3 lungs that weren't working appropriately.
4 internal entrance
5 internal exit

 

[Mike D Texas]

Congrats to the wife amigo.

Thank ya Sir!


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[Jason Snyder]

No photos today, forgot my phone.

Cow elk. 124 Hammer Hunter, 240ish yards, MV 2500ish?

Hit was much further back than I’d like. She didn’t stip and look back like I expected her to and stepped as I was pressing off the shot. Bullet absolutely destroyed the upper liver and shot to recovery distance was about 10 yards.

 

[JMundy84]

Big cow elk 340# hanging 6.5CM 147 ELD-M impact velocity around 2500 FPS both lungs were wrecked and there was a cut in the heart from a bullet or bone fragment. First shot hit and she spun and ran about 20 steps second shot hit and she took 3 steps and tipped over, found the piece of lead from shot #1 under the skin on the offhand side. The bullet jacket was loose inside the chest cavity.