Originally Posted by beretzs
Originally Posted by memtb

Yep....just as ridiculous as the response I got from Sierra back in the late ‘80’s, when I complained about repeated bullet failures ( complete disintegration) with their 300 grain SPBT fired from a .375 H&H. Their response, I was pushing them too fast .....from a standard H&H? I was using the wrong powder.....give me a break! Perhaps my rifling was too sharp or pronounced, causing jacket damage....🤪. The one thing they never said was....their bullet was crap! 🤬 memtb


Had a couple of Sierra .429 bullets bullets blow up on deer leg bones myself. I don't dislike them, but I won't trust them for much beyond deer sized critters. Although the newer TMK's seem a bit better from buddies who've ran them in Mashburns and 7 Mags.


beretz, I failed to get an exit from a broadside shot on a Mule Deer spike! One of several failures on game!

I considered them for target use.....but, excessive expansion on the paper, made measuring the groups impossible!!! grin memtb

Last edited by memtb; 07/09/20.
You should not use a rifle that will kill an animal when everything goes right; you should use one that will do the job when everything goes wrong." -Bob Hagel

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