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Any issues with closer range shots? Like Fuds talk about them just grenading at closer range?

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Not in the slightest. I’ve killed with 77, 95, and 130 all under 50 yards with multiple big game kills each. They do their thing.

 

[B_Reynolds_AK]

The jacket right at the nose is slightly thicker on the 147gr, and the longer, sleeker nose exaggerates the issue when the tip breaks off blocking nose opening.

This tracks along with how you state that there are always tradeoffs, ie. chasing the highest B.C. bullet for a chosen caliber will lead to a projectile with a long, skinny, nose that contributes to a high B.C., yet those same characteristics do not lend to low impact velocity expansion & the wound channels that most are looking for.

The TMK’s excellent terminal ballistics, ie wider nose and larger hollow point, will never allow it to match the same B.C. as an ELD-M or Match Burner.

Is this a correct summation?

 

[Hondo64d]

This tracks along with how you state that there are always tradeoffs, ie. chasing the highest B.C. bullet for a chosen caliber will lead to a projectile with a long, skinny, nose that contributes to a high B.C., yet those same characteristics do not lend to low impact velocity expansion & the wound channels that most are looking for.

The TMK’s excellent terminal ballistics, ie wider nose and larger hollow point, will never allow it to match the same B.C. as an ELD-M or Match Burner.

Is this a correct summation?

In .308 diameter, the 168gr TMK has a higher BC than the same weight ELD-m. The 175gr TMK is ever so slightly beat by the 178gr ELD-m and a little more so by the 178gr ELD-x, but so close as to not making any significant difference. Haven’t compared the 6.5 TMKs to the ELDs. Here’s what a 168gr TMK does at 410 yards when launched from a .308.

John

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[Formidilosus]

This tracks along with how you state that there are always tradeoffs, ie. chasing the highest B.C. bullet for a chosen caliber will lead to a projectile with a long, skinny, nose that contributes to a high B.C., yet those same characteristics do not lend to low impact velocity expansion & the wound channels that most are looking for.

The TMK’s excellent terminal ballistics, ie wider nose and larger hollow point, will never allow it to match the same B.C. as an ELD-M or Match Burner.

Is this a correct summation?

That is correct as far as trends go.

 

[Formidilosus]

In .308 diameter, the 168gr TMK has a higher BC than the same weight ELD-m. The 175gr TMK is ever so slightly beat by the 178gr ELD-m and a little more so by the 178gr ELD-x, but so close as to not making any significant difference. Haven’t compared the 6.5 TMKs to the ELDs. Here’s what a 168gr TMK does at 410 yards when launched from a .308.

John

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That’s right, however a 160-180gr is not nearly a high form factor bullet for .308’s. All have a relatively short, blunt nose compared to a 6.5mm 147gr.