Sierra gamechangers

[Highvoltage]

Looking to hear from anyone who's been using these. I'd like to hear on which caliber you have tried, how they shoot and any performance on game type comments. My little experience with them is with the 140 from a 270 Winchester using reloder 26. They fly very well and we're extremely easy to find an accurate load, only issue was right before I finalized my load I switched to another lot of 26 and ran into pressure signs. I didn't have time before my hunt to fix it, ended up using the eldx this year. Again any good info on those especially the 30 and 6.5 caliber would be great. Thanks and best wishes.

 

[Dfurnas]

I was on a Desert Big Horn Sheep hunt in early December with my long time hunting buddy. He shot a 170" ram at 173 yards with his 300 WSM, 165 gr Game Changer. Bullet opened quick and exited with a 2" hole out the back. The shot was a perfect heart lung shot and the ram went down in his tracks. Chest cavity was completely full of blood.

 

[Slick8]

Dang that's what I wanted to hear.

I'm planning to load the 130 in my PRC with RL26.

 

[460 magnum]

I am currently working on loading 130's in my 6.5 with varget and it seams to be doing pretty good still room for improvement. Haven't had a chance to try them on any kind of animals.

 

[codym]

I used the 165's in my 280ai to break in the barrel. Shot some nice groups with h-1000 at decent speeds. Would have to check my book for specifics. If I draw a rifle deer tag next year I may try these. Still need to play with seating depth and try them at distance. It just so hard to come off the 175 eol's at 2950.

 

[Nomosendero]

I may try them with my Ruger #1 .264, but may be soft for that velocity, don't know.

 

[JOWEL]

Load them with a stiff load of Retumbo in my 7mm Practical, 165gr, extremly tight groups, long range target load, havent used them hunting.

 

[drakehammer]

I may try them with my Ruger #1 .264, but may be soft for that velocity, don't know.

Gamechangers are the toughest game bullet Sierra makes according to the two conversations I've had with the bulletsmiths. Check into it for yourself. They say these are not like the conventional plastic tipped bullets that we've become accustomed to.

For example, one of the guys I spoke with emphatically gave two thumbs down to the idea of using them on smallish whitetails out of a 7mm08. In order of increasing toughness, it was explained like this to me, Gameking<Prohunter<HPBT(crimped)<Gamechanger.

 

[drakehammer]

I am planning to look into the Gamechanger (Tipped Gameking) for my 7STW for next deer season (as well as a couple other bullet mfgs). I sure hope they shoot as good as the other Sierras I use. Sierra is arguably my favorite bullet mfg company, mostly because they have been so easy to tune and I've never had to track an animal when using them.
I got a surprise using an Accubond at 45-ish yards out of my 7STW a couple of weeks ago on a decent sized buck behind the shoulder shot. Complete bullet disintegration and no exit. Surprisingly, deer didn't drop in its tracks, but was dead in 25-30 yards. Jacket found under offside hide. It was my first deer with this rifle and first with Accubonds. I don't poopoo the bullet...it did exactly what the design dictates at that velocity and bullet placement. Honestly, since I've been shooting behind the shoulder, my bang-flops are down to about 10%. I don't like that. Lol.

 

[06mauser]

I've shot 5 animals (whitetail doe at 460; 2 whitetail bucks 1 at 106 yds other at 232 yds; buck antelope at 283; and a bull elk at 383) with the 165 grain TGK out of my 28 nosler. All were one shot kills and only recovered 2 of the 5 bullets. I found they are easy to develop loads for and so far have done everything I have needed. I am working on loads for a 243 and 6.5x284 utilizing the TGK bullets right now.

Here is a link to another thread that has more information
https://www.longrangehunting.com/threads/sierra-gamechanger-bullets.205659

 

[Forcedoutage]

I have loaded the 130 in my 6.5CM and 6.5 SST. Very accurate for me. Easily .5 bullet. Haven't taken any game with the yet.

 

[Nomosendero]

I thought they might be 'soft" for my .264WM on Deer if shot up close but maybe not

 

[hugheserj]

I have a good load for my tikka t3 270 with 140 gamechangers using h1000. Velocity is 2960fps and they group <0.5".

This weekend I tested them on wallabies which are small, light game here in New Zealand and performance was excellent out to 300m.

In February I'll use them for red deer.

 

[Catahoula]

Killed a spike elk last fall with the 165 GameChanger in my Remy 7 mag. One shot, one kill. Exit hole through both lungs about the size of a quarter.