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150 Grain.270 Sierra Gameking on Whitetail
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<blockquote data-quote="Brad Norman" data-source="post: 2014586" data-attributes="member: 33163"><p>No Sir, I never said the .30 caliber Sierras didn't work. They're excellent. In fact my Son, Daughter, Ex-wife and I had really good results over the years with a number of Sierra bullets. In the .243, oddly enough, the 85-grain BTHP GK performed better than their 100-grain BTSP. In .30 caliber both the 165-grain BTHP (very underrated!) and the 165 BTSP performed great. I believe your experiences with the .277 Game King at 140-grains are also valid. With every rifle in which I tried the 150-grain BTSP GK I was able to easily obtain good accuracy, so I stuck with those. I've never been disappointed in any way with them.</p><p></p><p>So, to summarize, I'm not criticizing any Sierra bullet in any caliber. I used their Match Kings when shooting High Power years ago and they always shot accurately and consistently. I like all their Game Kings but for some reason I can't explain, my rifles chambered in .270 Winchester have always given Mule Deer a smack down the other calibers just didn't quite match. Over the past couple of years my Son and I have tinkered with the 6.5-284 cartridge with the 140-grain A-Max and now the 147-grain ELD-M's for hunting. It may be nearly the equal of the easy-to-shoot .270 Winchester. When reaching "out there" the 6.5 performs better I suppose. She requires less windage and elevation adjustment and retains its sub-moa accuracy at greater distances . . . but for whatever reason I've not seen it hammer Deer, Elk or Pronghorn quite as hard as the mighty .270 does. You can study the ballistic charts extensively and scratch your head over such unexplainable things, but that's what I've seen with my own eyes, over and over. </p><p></p><p>SF -</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Brad Norman, post: 2014586, member: 33163"] No Sir, I never said the .30 caliber Sierras didn't work. They're excellent. In fact my Son, Daughter, Ex-wife and I had really good results over the years with a number of Sierra bullets. In the .243, oddly enough, the 85-grain BTHP GK performed better than their 100-grain BTSP. In .30 caliber both the 165-grain BTHP (very underrated!) and the 165 BTSP performed great. I believe your experiences with the .277 Game King at 140-grains are also valid. With every rifle in which I tried the 150-grain BTSP GK I was able to easily obtain good accuracy, so I stuck with those. I've never been disappointed in any way with them. So, to summarize, I'm not criticizing any Sierra bullet in any caliber. I used their Match Kings when shooting High Power years ago and they always shot accurately and consistently. I like all their Game Kings but for some reason I can't explain, my rifles chambered in .270 Winchester have always given Mule Deer a smack down the other calibers just didn't quite match. Over the past couple of years my Son and I have tinkered with the 6.5-284 cartridge with the 140-grain A-Max and now the 147-grain ELD-M's for hunting. It may be nearly the equal of the easy-to-shoot .270 Winchester. When reaching "out there" the 6.5 performs better I suppose. She requires less windage and elevation adjustment and retains its sub-moa accuracy at greater distances . . . but for whatever reason I've not seen it hammer Deer, Elk or Pronghorn quite as hard as the mighty .270 does. You can study the ballistic charts extensively and scratch your head over such unexplainable things, but that's what I've seen with my own eyes, over and over. SF - [/QUOTE]
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