Sierra Heavy TMK 6MM Testing

[HighUintas]

So if I'm reading correctly, takeaway on damage is if you're eating it, through ribs should be ok and it won't look like it was hit with a cannonball. If you're worried about a hasty follow up shot hitting shoulder/femur.... Maybe these aren't for you.

 

[dreamingWest]

I'll be curious where the 140 gr Tipped Fusion ranks regarding efficient kill/meat damage compared to the other leading options for 6.5 (130 tmk, 140 eld-m, 143 eld-x, 147 eld-m, 153 tmk).

I bought some factory loaded for a 20" PRC to try.

 

[N2TRKYS]

I choose 223 for food, and most other things- 62gr Federal Fusion/Speer Gold Dot works well there.

What’s your go to shot placement with these bullets?

 

[Formidilosus]

So if I'm reading correctly, takeaway on damage is if you're eating it, through ribs should be ok and it won't look like it was hit with a cannonball. If you're worried about a hasty follow up shot hitting shoulder/femur.... Maybe these aren't for you.

Correct. Except that for follow up’s I do want the cannonball wounds- that’s exactly what I want. If I have to stop a wounded animal, I want massive wound channels.

 

[Formidilosus]

I'll be curious where the 140 gr Tipped Fusion ranks regarding efficient kill/meat damage compared to the other leading options for 6.5 (130 tmk, 140 eld-m, 143 eld-x, 147 eld-m, 153 tmk).

I bought some factory loaded for a 20" PRC to try.

They are a good bullet. Tipped Fusions are what most people should probably be using/where most people would be comfortable.

 

[Formidilosus]

What’s your go to shot placement with these bullets?

In the front half.

 

[mlevimadden]

@Formidilosus, do you have any wound photos from the culling with a broadside rib or lung impact, not major bone structure?

 

[Dobermann]

In the front half.

Aim small, miss small!

 

[SloppyJ]

Yea I'm going to try them too. Everything I shoot is food but admit in the summer I shoot shoulders so they drop. When I loose a shoulder I just don't worry about it. Maybe the wrong attitude but most people around here leave them laying or just drag out of the field when culling so I'm getting a lot of food from them compared to most. Even if shoulders are lost. Like you said I'll try to keep them in the lungs and form my opinion from there. If it's too much I'll go back to something else.

I do the exact same if I have to. If I lose a shoulder, that's part of it.

 

[Kaleb]

I do the exact same if I have to. If I lose a shoulder, that's part of it.

Yea I'm here for the information on new products and how they seem to be performing. I'm not looking for any guidance on making food. I'd sure take it and be interested but I don't think this forum is about that. I'm guessing and could be totally wrong but I don't see most grinding mixing and packaging a hundred pounds of burger at a time. If so I would expect we'd see lots of pictures post and opinions about that too. If I had to bet most are being processed by someone else. To each their own and lots of good information is here though.

 

[justin davis]

Yea I'm here for the information on new products and how they seem to be performing. I'm not looking for any guidance on making food. I'd sure take it and be interested but I don't think this forum is about that. I'm guessing and could be totally wrong but I don't see most grinding mixing and packaging a hundred pounds of burger at a time. If so I would expect we'd see lots of pictures post and opinions about that too. If I had to bet most are being processed by someone else. To each their own and lots of good information is here though.

I do my own processing. And grind hundreds of pounds of burger a year. But with that said if a shoulder gets destroyed so be it. I usually aim for behind the shoulder. But if I loose a shoulder not a big deal. Normally have plenty of meat

 

[N2TRKYS]

In the front half.

That’s a large area. Care to be more specific? I like as close to the shoulder without hitting it on broadside shots. Was curious if that’s what you had luck with or if you high shoulder them.

 

[IrkedCitizen]

He doesn't mind using a followup shot. Front half will slow them down at minimum

 

[Bluumoon]

That’s a large area. Care to be more specific? I like as close to the shoulder without hitting it on broadside shots. Was curious if that’s what you had luck with or if you high shoulder them.

Generally considered the part in front of the diaphragm. If they are still on their feet you do it again.

Kidding , not kidding.

 

[24valve]

That’s a large area. Care to be more specific? I like as close to the shoulder without hitting it on broadside shots. Was curious if that’s what you had luck with or if you high shoulder them.

If you want some more details on exactly where, read this thread:

Thread 'Shot placement with .223'

Sep 3, 2024

So I’m trying to optimise my hunting game, am an interested in specific shot placement that achieves the best results on game (fastest incapacitation). What do you guys with lots of data find is the best placement? Looking at you here @Formidilosus
Is there a favourite location to put the bullet into, or is it just anywhere the lungs. Anecdotally over here guys tend to like the high shoulder shot.
I’m now down to a .223 and 22 CM, not that I think that really makes a difference….

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[mlevimadden]

Generally considered the part in front of the diaphragm. If they are still on their feet you do it again.

Kidding , not kidding.

And to further elaborate...

Want to save as much shoulder meat as possible, right behind the shoulder crease 1/3 of the way up the body.

Want them immobilized as quickly as possible, follow the front edge of the front leg up to where the scapula, spine, and base of the neck all meet.

 

[Kjc103]

Someone needs to send those pictures to Jon von Benedict or whatever his name is

He’ll shoot it into a block of cement and declare it’s useless.

Then shoot a solid from a .375 into that concrete and declare it the winner

 

[Kjc103]

@Formidilosus

I’ll be in Idaho this November. Where I’m hunting, the most likely shot is under 100 yards through timber. Elk and deer are the quarry.

The way I’m thinking about it now…my plan was a 212 ELDX at 2400-2500 fps out of a short barrel .308. I’m almost certainly not going to get a perfect broadside and I may need to penetrate through a bad shot angle is my logic.

Reading this, it seems like I could just take my 6BR barrel and load it up with 107 or 116 TMK’s.

Last year the 168 TMK was straight murder on a deer but penetration and all that is on my mind.

What would you use?

 

[N2TRKYS]

Generally considered the part in front of the diaphragm. If they are still on their feet you do it again.

Kidding , not kidding.

Thanks for the useless response.

Not kidding.

 

[5MilesBack]

When I used to shoot elk with my 7mag with 175gr Partitions and A-frames, I think every broadside shot behind the shoulders still ruined a lot of meat........lots of bloodshot everywhere. I started shooting them in the neck just to save the rest of the meat.