Federal 6.5 Backcountry?

[S-3 ranch]

Sounds like I’ll be ordering the tmk, and just enjoying that it’s factory loaded and more mass for the same speed as my hand loaded 130s (hopefully)

We will see how the recoil increase is

Yeah I like that they included a mix of everything, bonded, mono , C&C
And some high S.D & B.C , enough selection for everyone!
IMO something Hornady has strayed from.

 

[Mike D Texas]

No , I am running 140gr TGK right now, and they are a little bit mushy for my taste, so a tmk would be even more splashy

First time I’ve heard that on a TGK. I found them to be too hard producing small wound channels and mediocre blood trails

 

[patagonialuke]

I want to know if anyone is shooting the 6.5 creed+peak out of their sig cross? It is a slower gun with its 18" barrel. Its also kinda picky with factory ammo. But if you can gain 100-200+ fps out of what is an already handy compact rifle this would be amazing.

I'm planning on trying the Elite Hunter & TMK factory offerings whenever they're available to see if my Cross likes them. Will report back if/when I make that happen.

 

[NVCarnivore]

I’m looking forward to getting ahold of a box of the 155 fusion tipped to see how the do out of my daughters CM. If they group, I see it as a no brainer even though everything she has shot with regular 140s dropped within a few steps.

 

[RPSKO]

I'm shocked that the 153gr TMK is going to be one of the original loadings. Also shocked that they're going to offer cases for reloading seeing as this is a legacy caliber.

Sierra and Barnes recently merged (or one acquired the other) and I think it’s a good move for them to have their projectiles on the newest stuff out there. I’m sure the TMK will be marketed for the target shooters, but all the hunting with match bullet discussion doesn’t hurt sales either.

 

[ARK_Ginger]

Sierra and Barnes recently merged (or one acquired the other) and I think it’s a good move for them to have their projectiles on the newest stuff out there. I’m sure the TMK will be marketed for the target shooters, but all the hunting with match bullet discussion doesn’t hurt sales either.

I’m here for it. Federal already markets the TMK to law enforcement, I’m glad to see it crossing over into their normal lineup. Now I just need some 5.56 +peak with 77gr TMKs and a 6 ARC +peak with 107 TMKs.

 

[RWT]

I won’t need this ammo. Hornady Superformance shot 2700 fps on 10 rounds out of my 16” Tikka.
I’ll pull the bullet from one and base my load charge off of it. Decent 1.03 MOA group with lots of mirage. 91 degrees and 95% humidity as I just picked up another 3/4” of rain an hour before.

 

[JohnJohnson]

Anyone have an idea on whether it'll be fine to shoot these in Tikkas?

 

[bnewt3]

Anyone have an idea on whether it'll be fine to shoot these in Tikkas?

The only caveat I've seen is break-actions are a no-no

 

[Andouille]

I wonder why the TMK 153gr has about the same G7 BC as a 143gr ELD-X. Or I guess it's just Hornady's BC's being weirdly high for their grain weights since the 156gr Berger EOL has a slightly lower BC than a 147gr ELD-M.

Either way I now have a box of 153gr TMK +Peak and a box of 156gr EOL +Peak on preorder.

Per a quick Copilot search, it comes down to how BC is measured and reported by the bullwt manufacturer, and how the BC numbers are used in the field.

• Testing Methods: Hornady relies on advanced continuous Doppler radar tracking to model total drag profiles, whereas Sierra relies on traditional live-fire, interval chronography to measure the bullet's deceleration at discrete velocity brackets. [1, 2, 3, 4]
• Output: Hornady lists expanded BCs for specific Mach numbers (such as Mach 2.25 and 1.75), while Sierra provides a menu of BCs sorted by specific downrange velocity (e.g., above 2800 fps, between 1800–2400 fps, etc.). [1, 3, 4]

So what this means for the end user is that we should go shoot to hunting distances and "true" or verify BCs to align with whatever rangefinding app or method is used.

 

[Andouille]

Anyone have an idea on whether it'll be fine to shoot these in Tikkas?

Fired out of a Tikka Ace with good accuracy and ejection in the recent Baclcountry Hunting Podcast video on youtube.

 

[bnewt3]

Quick side note, does the Athlon have the downrange mode that garmin has?