New TMK announced

[HilltopHitman]

Id love to compare those 220 TMK's to the Berger 215's out of my 300 PRC.

 

[Nine Banger]

Looks like a new ballistic app from their Instagram account.

My guess was a line of mono bullets.

Wah Wah wah.

 

[Axlrod]

In looking at the Sierra press release, another new offering will be a 22 cal 77 gr Matchking-X.
The press release states:
Engineered for reliable expansion at midrange velocities, the MKX delivers match-grade accuracy in a true hunting bullet. With a high ballistic coefficient, it mirrors the performance of its MatchKing counterpart in flight, while providing the terminal performance hunters demand. From ringing steel to taking game, the MKX does not sacrifice precision for performance.

So Sierra has put the effort into designing a 22 cal 77 gr. hunting bullet- because the 77 gr. TMK is a match bullet not suitable for hunting! But they are calling it a Matchking-X.

To add to this irony, Form & company are testing the new Tipped Matchking offerings on game, and I assume providing feedback to Sierra.
Sierra's headquarters must be some kind of alternate universe staffed by ex millitary intelligence people. That somehow fall ass backwards into success.

 

[ljalberta]

Count me as another very interested in the 88, 107 and 115/7 option.

 

[WhoGarrDen]

In looking at the Sierra press release, another new offering will be a 22 cal 77 gr Matchking-X.
The press release states:
Engineered for reliable expansion at midrange velocities, the MKX delivers match-grade accuracy in a true hunting bullet. With a high ballistic coefficient, it mirrors the performance of its MatchKing counterpart in flight, while providing the terminal performance hunters demand. From ringing steel to taking game, the MKX does not sacrifice precision for performance.

So Sierra has put the effort into designing a 22 cal 77 gr. hunting bullet- because the 77 gr. TMK is a match bullet not suitable for hunting! But they are calling it a Matchking-X.

To add to this irony, Form & company are testing the new Tipped Matchking offerings on game, and I assume providing feedback to Sierra.
Sierra's headquarters must be some kind of alternate universe staffed by ex millitary intelligence people. That somehow fall ass backwards into success.

I figured they were just lazily following the Hornady "X" designation.

 

[wind gypsy]

In looking at the Sierra press release, another new offering will be a 22 cal 77 gr Matchking-X.
The press release states:
Engineered for reliable expansion at midrange velocities, the MKX delivers match-grade accuracy in a true hunting bullet. With a high ballistic coefficient, it mirrors the performance of its MatchKing counterpart in flight, while providing the terminal performance hunters demand. From ringing steel to taking game, the MKX does not sacrifice precision for performance.

So Sierra has put the effort into designing a 22 cal 77 gr. hunting bullet- because the 77 gr. TMK is a match bullet not suitable for hunting! But they are calling it a Matchking-X.

To add to this irony, Form & company are testing the new Tipped Matchking offerings on game, and I assume providing feedback to Sierra.
Sierra's headquarters must be some kind of alternate universe staffed by ex millitary intelligence people. That somehow fall ass backwards into success.

Sierra when you tell them TMKs are great for killing stuff:

 

[TechsanHunter]

Yes, almost always. When they don’t upset like they should, they produce wounds more like Terminal Ascents below 2,000fps impact.

Not that you are, but somehow this is getting misconstrued as to what is happening or being said. We are not saying “ELD-M’s suck”. We are saying some of them can be variable in their behavior- and it’s the wrong way. When they do something odd, it isn’t “massive huge wounds”- it’s lack of wound channel width. Unfortunately much like Hornady’s lot to lot inconsistency in loaded ammo- it seems to be getting worse.

Personally every real bullet I have seen “fail” in ballistics gel testing and in animals has been from a lack of upset- not exploding and failing to penetrate to the vitals.

Being that there are bullets that do not exhibit this behavior, or do it less often- ELD-M’s are not, and have not been my first choice for a long while.

My preference in general, in order-

1). TMK

2). NR DTAC or ELD-X

3). ELD-M or Bergers

4). NBT’s, Partitions, and or Fusions

I just bought a 243 and was planning on using 95gr NBTs. Glad to know they are so far down on your preference list!

 

[Formidilosus]

I just bought a 243 and was planning on using 95gr NBTs. Glad to know they are so far down on your preference list!

? The 95gr NBT is an excellent bullet.

 

[mj23polaris]

So uh anyone know when these bullets are coming out? I want a new heavy .264 to try


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