Darryl, I remember an add that Sierra ran once, way back in the 60's. It seems that 5 hunters from the east traveled west to hunt deer and elk. They all used 30'06 rifles, and the 168 gr. MK. They did well, and told Sierra about it. Sierra, to promote their fine products, published the letter, in the form of an add, in the American Rifleman.
<br> After that, the story goes, they got quite a bit of negative feed back. From dissatisfied user of that bullet. They then started making the 165gr. GameKing HP, and recommending it, not the 168 gr. MatchKing as a game bullet.
<br> You see Darryl, they do know something about making bullets. They get lots of feedback, not only from guys like you and yours, but many other users as well.
<br> The idea that they don't want everybody to know what a fine game bullet the MatchKing is, is pure non sense. They are in the bussiness of making, and selling, bullets. If that bullet was any where near as reliable a game bullet, as their other products, they would push it. Or, at least, not recommend against using it as a game bullet. It does feature fine accuracy, and BC. I use their ordinary hunting bullets as practice bullets because they shoot extremely well.
<br> But to say the MatchKing is a great hunting bullet, at ordinary game ranges is just not what many have discovered the hard way. And Sierra is the first one to say so.
<br> Again, we aren't talking about the specialized long range shooting you guys do so well at. You shoot under very strict rules, and really know your loads. E
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