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Has anyone tried the new sierra Tipped Matchkings on deer this season?


I have used the Hornady AMAX with good success on deer and I am thinking about giving the TMK a try when the current AMAX supply is exhausted.

I've bumped off a couple with standard Matchkings. I wouldn't be afraid to trip the trigger on a tipped Matchking for the deer I see around here.

What cartridge are you shooting them out of?

I will probably be running them out of a heavy barrel .30/06 and perhaps a .223.

Well, I would guess that with a 223, you'll be particular about where you hit them. If that be the case, you'll be good to go.

With the 30-06, as long as you don't have to poke one at 10 yards, you should be good to go with about any shot you take.

Anything an Amax will do, the Tipped Matchking should be able to do as well.

With the .223 it would be a head or neck shot.

Theres a whole lot better choices out there, especially in the .223.....



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I might have to give it a whirl. Odds are I'll shoot another spike this season. Might shoot it with the AR, which has a 1 in 7" twist. If I don't use the 7.62x39 instead.

Agreed,
I always wonder why there are some that use bullets designed for paper punching to take game.

Lemme guess, you need a "controlled Expansion" bullet like a TSX to properly kill deer?

I shot a 'surprise buck' last season with a 90 gr. Sierra HPBT out of a 22/250 and he hit the ground so hard I needed a pic axe to dig his whacker outa the ground!! Didn't even kick! Hit him just aft of the right shoulder @ 246 yards.

Bad guess. Lemme guess...you drive to the grocery store in a 4x4 jacked up F250.

My guess is he's the guy who uses a chisel when he needs a screwdriver.

I hunt deer with the regular Matchkings. I know they 'dont recommend it', but I've never had a problem.

I wouldnt recommend it on larger game. The bullet comes apart to easy.

If the bullet comes apart to easy, why would you use it to hunt? There are more appropriate bullets available for the same cost. What's the point?

Yeah that is it you dolt.

not me. The F250 to the grocery store is more like a TX thing.

Just out of curiosity how many whitetail deer have you killed?

Took several elk with Matchkings in a 7mm before I found out one should not do that. They were deadly accurate. No complaints from the elk either.

Last few elk have fallen to a 30-378 with Nosler Combined Technology pills and the slugs from that unit have done some very strange things. Still no complaints from the elk though.

Get a lug nut up to about 1,250 fps and put it in the heart/lung area, and one will likely have a dead critter.

This is one of those issues that gets debated ad nauseam, with neither side convincing the other.

But count me among those who think it's prudent to use a product which was engineered for the purpose intended.

No doubt bullets designed with no consideration given to terminal performance will work under certain circumstances. But I'd prefer to use a bullet for which engineers considered things like jacket thickness, core hardness, etc., with terminal performance as a design criteria.

YMMV

Used the original 168s and 175 grain MK in a 7RM and they were wildly erratic at close range and tended to produce lots of blood shot meat. Typically a plastic tip can make the bullets expand even more rapidly. If the tip is the only difference I would think they would be a bomb at close range.
A good thing for extreme ranges but not so much for brush hunting.

This doesn't seem to hold true for the Amax for some reason possibly a thicker jacket.

I would use a ballistic tip if you wanted a plastic tip bullet for general hunting use.

So I haven't tried them but doubt I will after my experiences with the regular MKs.