69gr TMK Experience

[Backpack Hunter]

Just checking to see if anyone has had any experience with the 223 69gr TMK. I've got a 1:9 twist 16" barrel I think it would run ok in I just haven't ever used it. Let me know any experiences, good or bad. Thanks!

 

[Formidilosus]

Just checking to see if anyone has had any experience with the 223 69gr TMK. I've got a 1:9 twist 16" barrel I think it would run ok in I just haven't ever used it. Let me know any experiences, good or bad. Thanks!

What is your use for? Targets, varmints, big game?

 

[Backpack Hunter]

Whitetail deer sized game mostly.

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[Oldffemt]

I’ve used 69gr smk on some pdogs in my 1/8. Worked really well. I also shot a whitetail doe with one @235yds drt

 

[sram9102]

I'd only have one rifle for hunting everything in Indiana if 223 was legal for deer here. No experience with TMK's but smk's have been rough on everything I have ever put one in.

 

[Formidilosus]

Whitetail deer sized game mostly.

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They kill well but will cause meat damage if you hit bone. Penetration is adequate as long as you keep it in the chest- I wouldn’t try a raking shot through the stomach.

 

[mcr-85]

I haven't shot any deer with them but they are hell on coyotes out of a 22-250 at 3400fps. I like them. They are accurate!

 

[Chris86]

My preference is a 77gr SMK in an 18" 1/7 twist. Obviously shot placement is key. Significant meat damage on the whitetail I took (lunged). Headshot a Caribou at 128 yards, dropped immediately. just know where your rifle hits with that specific load and don't take a shot in the field that you haven't taken/practiced before.