Sierra Game King Bullets

[Q_Sertorius]

For what it’s worth, I am brand loyal to SGK’s, so they are my first choice for cup-and-core bullets. If I needed bullets for a rifle, and I could not get SGK’s, I would happily buy the Hornady Interlocks.

My number one requirement for each rifle I own is to have at least 200 rounds of factory ammo or once-fired brass from the same manufacturer, 800 bullets in my desired weights for that cartridge, and enough primers and powder to send those bullets down range. I think it is reasonable to expect to reload most brass four times. I purchase components with those numbers in mind and replace as needed.

I probably own too many SGK’s, but they just do the job for me.


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[Vern400]

I have some of the new 308 175gr hpbt game king. I will be using this year on deer and aoudad

That's a harder bullet than the 165 SGK and does not initiate expansion as quickly. They work fine as long as you keep the velocity up. 175s only giving advantage in a 308 at extreme long ranges and with very high BC bullets. 150 and 165 are The Sweet spot. Might want to check the recommended expansion velocity and see how far that is for you. If you're too slow, they'll pencil right through.

 

[FredH]

Yeah the soft points are going to do that at higher velocities, similar story out of my 7RM with 140 hpbt gamekings but I was happy with the performance. The new tipped ones are tougher and probably more to your liking.

I guess our outlook on blood trails and exits is different. In my experience I’ve seen some exits that didn’t bleed at all and ran further, while everything I’ve shot with a fragging bullet either dropped on the spot or had such a short run that blood wasn’t necessary.

Virtually all cup and core bullets fragment to some degree. The weight loss they exhibit doesn't evaporate into thin air.

 

[Pony Soldier]

I used 175 boat tails in 7rm in the 90s at about 2600fps. They stayed together well until late 90s. They never fragmented but got to having a separation between the lead and the cup in the wound channel. I went to hornady and got good mushrooms with little losses and then they started eldx insanity. Hopefully I will die before I run out of my stockpile.

 

[wyodan]

I almost exclusively use gamekings, except when someone gives me others. I don’t seem to have a problem with them doing their job.

 

[Backcast88]

I don't have any experience with the standard GameKings.

But I did find the 140 Tipped Game King that shoots well in my Seekins 6.5 PRC and it was a hammer on a smaller buck I killed this year. I plan on shooting them again or switching to the 145 TGK this season.

Very easy blood trail to follow and accurate. Not much to complain about.

Exit. The deer was quartering to me a little more than I thought.


Blood trail was easy to follow. Deer only made it 35-40yds.

 

[Athens]

I use the 150 grain Sierra game Kings in my 7 mag. They have proven to be very accurate and good elk stoppers. They work very well on muleys and whitetails too.

At 7mm-08 velocities they should work very well.

 

[ihookem]

I stopped using sierras cause they sure got expensive the last 5 yrs. , are harder to find . The 52 gr. dierra match was the most accurate , but close behind or maybe even an equal was the Hornadys.

 

[speedgun]

That's the one I'm interested in, the TGK (game changer), for my 280ai. I just done see a lot of real world informing how they perform. They're supposed to be pretty tough bullets.

I took the .30 cal, 165gr Sierra Gamechanger's to Africa last year. I killed 14 animals, up to Zebra, everyone a single shot, complete pass through, all dropped on the spot. They penetrative! I'm not sure I would shoot them at deer, but haven't tried.

 

[Billdoe]

I use the 165 gr in my 300 saum for crop damage permits for whitetail. I always pin at least shoulder and they never go anywhere.

 

[Weldor]

I've got some 165 TMK for the 280 ai, but I think I'm going to be too compressed to get the to magazine length. I am going to try some 150 or 140's. Still going to try a few see how they shoot.

 

[06 SB]

I have always liked Sierra GK bullets and have used them since the early 80s. When I started using a 338-08 (prior to Federal making it theirs) but they did not make a suitable bullet so I migrated more towards Hornady Interlocks. I am going back to Sierra more and more. My 6.5CM likes the 130 TGK and will be switching over to the TGK in my 7mm-08. I just which they would make a 185-200gr TGK in my.338!

 

[2Stamp]

I've got some 165 TMK for the 280 ai, but I think I'm going to be too compressed to get the to magazine length. I am going to try some 150 or 140's. Still going to try a few see how they shoot.

That's a bullet I'd also like to try in my 280ai.

 

[buffybr]

When I got my first centerfire rifle, a .30-06 in 1967 180 gr Sierra GKG bullets kept my freezer full of elk meat for most of the next 10 years.

I built my .257 Ackley in 1977, and most years since then, 117 gr Sierra GKG bullets have put a deer and an antelope into my freezers, along with one shot kills on 4 Bighron rams, a Dall ram, a mountain caribou, and my 2nd biggest 6x6 bull elk.

 

[Weldor]

That's a bullet I'd also like to try in my 280ai.

Check your magazine length, mine is 3.310 max COAL is 3.330. The Guys at Sierra told me it should work as long as it doe not seat below the ogive.

 

[Sponxx]

I have shot 3 white tails with SGK out of a 7mm Rem Mag. Hit at ranges 80-120yds with a muzzle vel of 2950-300fps. 2 were broadside, no shoulder hit, 1 straight on, middle of the chest. No bullets recovered, all of them dropped on their tracks. I was planning on using partitions, but had loaded that bullets and had no Partitions loads.
In my limited experience, for deer and pronghorn they have not behaved different than Partitions, not sure about elk, but reading online, if no close shots at high velocity, they should penetrate and expand well, without too much fragmentation

 

[nockhunter]

I loaded my kid some 165g HPBT game kings for his .308, he liked them a lot. They killed well. I also turned my co-worker on to them, he really like them.

Mike

 

[Weldor]

I've got some 165 TMK for the 280 ai, but I think I'm going to be too compressed to get the to magazine length. I am going to try some 150 or 140's. Still going to try a few see how they shoot.

Here's 165 Sierra TGK with 52.7 grs. max load. Loaded to 3.310

 

[old bugger]

I've shot a lot of whitetails with the Seirra.224 65gr GK. worked every time.
I shot them through 223/5.56 AR's & bolt actions. Great bullet. But I haven't tried the Serria TMK yet. LOL!