Thread: 7mm 160 tipped match king on deer

I dont run any in that mongrel 7mm cal but Ive used the TMKs on game since they were released.

69gr in the .223
77gr in the 5.5x47 AI Lapua and the .22 Grendel
95gr in the 6mm Dasher
107gr in the 6.5 grendel
130gr in the 6.5 Creedmoor and 6.5x47 Lapua
125gr in the .30BR, .300 BLK and .308x39
175gr in the .308win

I put them on par with ELDMs. Both very similar jacket thickness but the TMK has a larger tip and hp void under it.
They kill great and dump a lot of if not all of their energy on deer and goat sized game. Being lighter jacketed it expands well at lower velocities and longer ranges too.

I have only recovered one bullet from under the exit side hide of a fallow at 200m. The animal stepped forward as I shot so the bullet hit a little far back behind the shoulder turning the liver to pulp and passing through the front of the rumen which must have acted like a thick ballistic gel because the bullet didnt exit. It punched through a rib on the exit side but stopped under the skin.
A 100% energy dump that dropped the fallow on the spot and caused some very interesting internal trauma that I have not seen before with this bullet.

The norm with the TMK is a pass through with great expansion and wound channel with an exit wound of about an inch. Very little to no meet damage on most accounts if placement is right

The Sierra tipped match king although a little lower in BC than some of the other brands in the same weights available it has been absolutely dependable on all game. All bang flops.. nothing walked.