It gives me better accuracy from 3 '06's I own than IMR4064). They work well with entrance and exit up to probably 400? I shot the three different calibers of GameChanger bullets into bundles of paperback books to check their expansion. I am going to start testing out my 300win mag because I have some 175gr. Jackets are 0.001” thicker on each side than jackets on MatchKing bullets. The Cooper .243 rifle has a worn throat from firing too many bullets at ground squirrels and marmots over the summers. E-mail your comments/questions about this site to:EmediaRifleman@nrahq.org For questions/comments about American Rifleman magazine, please e-mail:Publications@nrahq.org You can contact the NRA via phone at: NRA Member Programs1-800-672-3888, To advertise on American Rifleman, visit nramediakit.com for more information. My sister shot a buck with my rifle as well. Thanks Guys for all the info.
Sierra says the same load data listed for other Sierra bullets can be used to load GameChanger bullets of equal weight.
Ein Matchking mit 160grs gibt es nicht in.284. I’ve been shooting Sierra bullets at game from antelope to elk for going on 50 years. For the original question, the poster will find that the Sierra 165 gr GameKing HPBT is the bullet he's looking for.It has all the accuracy of the MatchKing, IT IS a hunting bullet, but is also a boattail hollow point. Hey gang. Of course, GameChangers wear a boat tail. The Remington Mountain Rifle wears a pencil-thin barrel. The difference is the diameter of the hollow point, the core alloy, and jacket thickness. JavaScript is disabled. You will find IMR4064 is more consistently accurate than IMR4895 too. In general, Sierra engineers took the MatchKing bullet and made it with a thicker jacket, a harder 3 percent antimony lead core and put a plastic tip on it, according to Jeff Marshall, Sierra’s engineering manage.
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GameChangers that averaged slightly over 1”to 1.5”. No doubt the dry paper provided much tougher resistance than the ribs and vital organs of a game animal. Marshall said the books must have been much harder than ballistic gelatin, the material Sierra mostly used to test expansion of GameChangers. SMK loaded for it. I have shot probably 25-30 whitetails in the last couple years with 6-284 shooting a 107 SMK at 3200 fps. Sierra says GameChangers expand down to a velocity of 1,800 f.p.s.
Get the American Rifleman Insider newsletter for at-a-glance access to industry news, gear, gun reviews, videos and more—delivered directly to your Inbox. In my M1's, I'm using Hornady 150gr bulk FMJ (.19 each) they shoot just as good for me as the MatchKings from M1's- ~1.5moa or perhaps a little better from the match gun.
Then kiss alot of meat good bye. Temperatures varied from 50 to 55 degrees.
The accuracy is incredable. Palmettostatearmory. Of course, every rifle shoots most accurately with certain bullet and powder combinations. “Boat tail bullets are highly accurate and the way we go at Sierra,” Marshall said. Three of the five new GameChanger bullets. Sierra built this bullet off our ever popular 6mm 107 HPBT MatchKing design with a long ogive, small meplat and improved boat tail to preserve downrange efficiency, enhance accuracy, and reduce wind-drift. While testing GameChangers, Sierra engineers rarely recovered a bullet that had lost its core. I'm sure different calibers and weights work differently but I can say for sure a 107 grain SMK performs very poorly after 6 or 700 yards at whatever velocity that would be and the 240 SMK isn't quite what I thought but very accurate and so far effective. I've tried different bullets but they wouldn't shoot or they blow up so I stayed with this. As with the Pro-Hunter bullet, this GameKing bullet has a jacket produced by Sierra's unique four-station jacket draw process.
The .243 bullets hit the bundles at a velocity of approximately 2,800 f.p.s; 6.5 bullets at 2,500 f.p.s. After that they will just pencil through or whatever you want to call it.
Although The High Road has attempted to provide accurate information on the forum, The High Road assumes no responsibility for the accuracy of the information. Privacy Policy • Contact Us • Warnings • FAQs • © 2020 National Rifle Association of America, Women On Target® Instructional Shooting Clinics, Volunteer At The Great American Outdoor Show, Marion P. Hammer Women Of Distinction Award, Women's Wildlife Management / Conservation Scholarship, National Youth Shooting Sports Ambassadors, NRA Outstanding Achievement Youth Award Presented by Brownells, National Youth Shooting Sports Cooperative Program, Gun Control & Socialism: A Message from Cuba, Mastering the Handgun: A Tried-and-True Method, Trump Administration Grants Military Veterans Free Entrance at National Parks, The Keefe Report: The Future of Remington Arms, Axeon Optics Second Zero: Foolproof, Fast Trajectory Correction, Judge to Rule on Remington Bankruptcy Sale, © 2020 National Rifle Association of America. I thought that as a bullet slows down it has more time to perform the way it's supposed to ie. The key here is the bullets were retrieved from dead animals. I've killed 12 does so far up to something like 812 yards and they have all ran at least some distance. I found the ogive was slightly different and in my M1A's the matchking works well but the gameking is kind of so so. It will blow the hell out of coyotes but I've never killed one past 400 yards. ; 6.5-cal. Sierra is betting its GameChanger bullets improve on that deadly performance at a variety of ranges.Notes: Velocities were recorded with a Shooting Chrony Beta Master chronograph 10 feet in front of the rifles’ barrels. (I beg your pardon for not using H4350, the purported most magnificent propellant ever intended for the 6.5 Creedmoor.). The GameChanger’s jacket is made of gilding metal, comprised of 95 percent copper and 5 percent zinc. My friend who intruduced me to this forum filled me in on the pros and cons concerning the match king bullet when used for hunting.
Friday, October 5, 2018. Fifty yards is about as far as any have run and they were all dead on their feet but about half of them had pretty poor blood trails and the other half had large exits but a couple were fawns. Phil Mahin at Sierra did say "Every now and again, I’ll get reports that our GameKings are more fragile than our Pro-Hunters (with all other things theoretically equal) and my theory for a reason is because there is less bearing surface on a GameKing. Shot him in the chest and the bullet still exited! Our rifle antlerless season opens again on Jan. 1 so I might try some further out but the bucks are shedding so you have to be careful. Sierra MatchKing vs GameKing Discussion in 'Whitetails General' started by Mudshack, Sep 23, 2013. ; and .27-cal. Accuracy is the average of 2, 3-shot groups. They typically work great to a point and then pencil through at longer ranges unless you hit bone. I would like to fill you all in with my experience. The result is that cores seem to more easily squirt out of boat tail jackets during penetration. Sierra Bullets has paired the accuracy of its MatchKing bullets with the traits of a big-game bullet to create a hunting bullet the company believes will become a game-changer in the hunting fields. Some of the recovered Sierra boat tail bullets looked picture-perfect, expanded half way down their length with their lead core intact. Those bullets have hit black bears through both shoulders and elk through the ribs behind the shoulder. nosler accubond out of the 300wby, and 180gr.
Sierra popularized the boat tail bullet decades ago with its reduced base drag that increases ballistic coefficient and lowers sensitivity to crosswinds, retaining more velocity for a flatter trajectory. You must log in or register to reply here. I don't have any strong opinions one way or the other and these are only my experiences. I recently shot handloaded GameChanger bullets from a Cooper Firearms Model 22 chambered in .243 Win., Ruger American Predator 6.5 Creedmoor and a Remington Model 700 Mountain Rifle .270 Win.
Others had lost their cores somewhere along their deadly path. The federal premium 165gr Sierra GameKing was the most accurate. GameChangers averaged under an inch at 100 yards fired by Hybrid 100 V and Reloder 17. I would use one powder (I concur with H4895! The 100 grain #1625 GameKing can be used at all ranges but is best utilized when ranges of shots exceed 200 yards. Nosler Accubond for my 300wsm.
Sierra does not recommend Match King bullets for hunting applications.
Initial GameChanger bullets include: Sierra bullets are famous for their accuracy. While they are recognized around the world for record-setting accuracy, MatchKing® and Tipped MatchKing® bullets are not recommended for most hunting applications. Und ein weiteres Gameking mit der Nummer 1925. Still, the rifle shot two, 3-shot groups at 100 yards with 90-gr. I did make one special load for a ram hunt i went on last month. I did a test of 4 different factory loads for my .308 back in 2006. 90-gr. MatchKings don't give me any more 10's or X's at 600yds, so why pay 2x for them?
140-gr. On contact with game, the polymer tip smashes back into an open pocket to instantly expand the lead core and peel back the jacket.
yards. The GameChangers have relatively high BCs compared to other bullets of the same weight and caliber. Even though long for their diameter, GameChanger bullets will stabilize in standard twist barrels for each caliber. Hence the name GameChanger for Sierra’s new line of bullets. Selbes Spiel bei.308. Sierra Bullets has paired the accuracy of its MatchKing bullets with the traits of a big-game bullet to create a hunting bullet the company believes will become a game-changer in the hunting fields.
My 7mm Rem Mag has had its fair share of tests. ; and the .270 bullets at 2,600 f.p.s. "...I wonder why that is..." Match grade bullets are not designed to expand. Feb 24, 2011 Lee's Summit, MO. Lead cores are not bonded to jackets. I'm shooting 200gr. The .243 was loaded with Winchester cases for a cartridge length of 2.71”; the 6.5 Creedmoor with Hornady cases for a cartridge length of 2.80”; and .270 with Federal cases for a cartridge length of 3.30”. Remington 9½ primers were used with all three cartridges. The .24, 26 and .27-cal. Neither The High Road nor any of its directors, members, managers, employees, agents, vendors, or suppliers will be liable for any direct, indirect, general, bodily injury, compensatory, special, punitive, consequential, or incidental damages including, without limitation, lost profits or revenues, costs of replacement goods, loss or damage to data arising out of the use or inability to use this forum or any services associated with this forum, or damages from the use of or reliance on the information present on this forum, even if you have been advised of the possibility of such damages. This site uses cookies to help personalise content, tailor your experience and to keep you logged in if you register.
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