150 gr 6.5 smk's for hunting effectiveness?

[rockwind]

any experiences out there. i am shooting them fairly fast, 2960 fps ish. using for mule deer and elk. i have another gun loaded for 140 berger hybrids at 3100 fps. any thoughts on which would be better overall? thanks

 

[Kimber7man]

I personally would use the hybrids - more guys have killed deer and elk with them. Not much history out there on the TMK's for hunting.

 

[elkaholic]

any experiences out there. i am shooting them fairly fast, 2960 fps ish. using for mule deer and elk. i have another gun loaded for 140 berger hybrids at 3100 fps. any thoughts on which would be better overall? thanks

Lancekenyon .this forum, plans on using them in his 6.5 SS. I guess he pretty much dismembered a coyote with one!

 

[Farmerboy78]

any experiences out there. i am shooting them fairly fast, 2960 fps ish. using for mule deer and elk. i have another gun loaded for 140 berger hybrids at 3100 fps. any thoughts on which would be better overall? thanks

what cartridge are you running?

 

[rockwind]

A gap 6.5saum

And to be clear. They are smk's not tmk's. Not sure what the difference is.

 

[Farmerboy78]

the tmk has a plastic ballistic tip

 

[Clucknmoan]

I would love to run these, can't get them to shoot well in my 8 twist 6.5 284. You should be able to run them a lot faster than that in a SAUM. Not a higher node that's shoots well?

 

[rockwind]

No. I wish. I think it's the ****** hornady brass I'm using for that gun. It seems to show pressure a lot sooner than the norma that I am tried in my other saum. In fact it was only maybe .4 grains higher and I got signs of pressure so Not much I can do. It seems to shoot good though I just shot it this morning out to 1000 with no problems and I shot a 2" 3 shot group at 6:50 yards That's good for me though I'm not a professional PRS guy or anything

 

[Hatrick]

No. I wish. I think it's the ****** hornady brass I'm using for that gun. It seems to show pressure a lot sooner than the norma that I am tried in my other saum. In fact it was only maybe .4 grains higher and I got signs of pressure so Not much I can do. It seems to shoot good though I just shot it this morning out to 1000 with no problems and I shot a 2" 3 shot group at 6:50 yards That's good for me though I'm not a professional PRS guy or anything

.3 moa is good enough for alot of people. Probably almost every hunting gun.

 

[Creedmoor shooter]

No. I wish. I think it's the ****** hornady brass I'm using for that gun. It seems to show pressure a lot sooner than the norma that I am tried in my other saum. In fact it was only maybe .4 grains higher and I got signs of pressure so Not much I can do. It seems to shoot good though I just shot it this morning out to 1000 with no problems and I shot a 2" 3 shot group at 6:50 yards That's good for me though I'm not a professional PRS guy or anything

That's really strange. I used hornady 6.5 creed brass and when I switched to better brass like adg and peterson I lost 100 fps due to pressure signs.

 

[Creedmoor shooter]

.3 moa is good enough for alot of people. Probably almost every hunting gun.

.3s is all I'm able to consistently hold at 100(I get target panic I think) and over had no issues reaching out to 1350 yards.

 

[rockwind]

i'm not sure either. it is 6.5 saum brass, not creedmoor so maybe its a different animal. i get x2, maybe x3 firings out of it and the primer pocket is loose. sad. plus it doesn't seem to handle the pressure very well. but there is better brass coming out soon so that's good

 

[Rick Richard]

i'm not sure either. it is 6.5 saum brass, not creedmoor so maybe its a different animal. i get x2, maybe x3 firings out of it and the primer pocket is loose. sad. plus it doesn't seem to handle the pressure very well. but there is better brass coming out soon so that's good

Exact same results from me too.

 

[rockwind]

at least i don't have to neck size and neck turn though.