I've been using 165 grain 7mm Sierra GameChangers (Tipped Game Kings) in a 7 Mashburn since they were released in August and finally killed an elk a couple days ago with one.
Not a lot of problems with getting them to shoot acceptably. I right now live in a very windy part of the country and I've noted group sizes reflect the wind. The bullets don't seem very finicky with regards to seating depth. Here she is at 300 before first elk rifle opened:
And this past week at 100 to verify zero before I drove out of town:
I did miss an elk with a shot in October; my buddy shot first and the elk I was preparing to shoot moved just before I shot and all I saw was the back end of a group of elk after that.
This shot was 80-100 yards away (I didn't range her because she was close), broadside. Not a really tough challenge for a bullet but the Sierra performed well. The cow is decent sized. And she will be delicious!
Entrance. The wound looks bigger than actual size because there was some blood that colored the hair at the entrance.
Exit.
She dropped at bullet impact. Good internal damage to lungs; I didn't do much of an autopsy because it was -1 degree F at the time and I didn't want to keep playing around in the snow. The shot was a little high, I aimed center of chest but she was uphill quite a bit from me and I could have shot lower due to the angle. A dead elk is a dead elk!
Not a lot of problems with getting them to shoot acceptably. I right now live in a very windy part of the country and I've noted group sizes reflect the wind. The bullets don't seem very finicky with regards to seating depth. Here she is at 300 before first elk rifle opened:
And this past week at 100 to verify zero before I drove out of town:
I did miss an elk with a shot in October; my buddy shot first and the elk I was preparing to shoot moved just before I shot and all I saw was the back end of a group of elk after that.
This shot was 80-100 yards away (I didn't range her because she was close), broadside. Not a really tough challenge for a bullet but the Sierra performed well. The cow is decent sized. And she will be delicious!
Entrance. The wound looks bigger than actual size because there was some blood that colored the hair at the entrance.
Exit.
She dropped at bullet impact. Good internal damage to lungs; I didn't do much of an autopsy because it was -1 degree F at the time and I didn't want to keep playing around in the snow. The shot was a little high, I aimed center of chest but she was uphill quite a bit from me and I could have shot lower due to the angle. A dead elk is a dead elk!