Sierra Hollow Pt. Gamekings
10-16-2004, 10:25 AM
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RE: Sierra Hollow Pt. Gamekings
I have been using the spiril points Gamekings for years in my 308. I have picked up the hollows a few times and put them back down. Hard for me to believe that it takes 4 times to take down an animal. I think the guy just had bad luck. I am going to stick with the proven bullets. I have 150gr prohunters loaded, but I have seen them not expand much, and completely exit all deer with very little internal damage compared to gamkings shot at distances less than 100 yards.. I plan to use them on mule deer.
10-16-2004, 12:04 PM
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RE: Sierra Hollow Pt. Gamekings
I have never loaded any Gamekings. I load the pro-hunters in my 280 and this yaes I loaded them for the 06 and 6.5x55. I have always loaded a lot of Hornady bullets. Never had a problem with them. I just like to try new stuff. I have 150 Partitions loaded for the 308. Thanks for the remarks.
10-18-2004, 02:25 PM
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RE: Sierra Hollow Pt. Gamekings
Will do. I have every confidence in the Partition. On paper anyway the Partition is the only honest answer to the problem of producing a bullet that performs at velocities produced by the 308 Winchester and still works when fired at close range in a 300 Win Mag. The range of caliber used by hunters today puts a lot of demand on a bullet. NO longer will a bullet in 30 caliber fired at 2400 fps and work, do the job throughout the range of rifles used today. Of all the ways to overcome the problem, I think John Nosler had and still has the best answer. There are some good bullets out there but when it comes to the guns with marginal velocity on either end of the scale, The Partition is King. IMO. There is always a box of Partitions for each of my rifles on the self of my cluttered up reloading bench.
10-19-2004, 07:13 AM
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RE: Sierra Hollow Pt. Gamekings
I have to agree with HDW on this one. I've been loading the 165 HP GK for the smaller 30 cals for years. I have NEVER seen this bullet fail, EVER. It is just a star performer in the .308 and 30-06 for anything you care to carry it for. It is hard for me to imagine shooting a deer 5 times with it, really. Everyone I've ever loaded it for has come back praising it's performance. I think if your friend had to shoot a deer with this bullet 5 times, it's not the bullet. Just my $.02 worth.
10-24-2004, 10:33 AM
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RE: Sierra Hollow Pt. Gamekings
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I don't buy it at all. I think you just don't like Sierra GK's and that is just fine. However at 300 yards according to a ballistics calculator, the bullet was still going in excess of 2200 FPS and had 1877 foot/lbs of energy, more than plenty to open up the GK and more than plenty to break the bone. If your friend shot the mule deer 3 times in the sholder, the MD was not going anywhere. If the deer was not recovered, something here smells like a gut shot.
According to my Sierra contact, the bullet was designed to break bone with "rapid expansion". I have no clue here as to what transpired, but usually most of the "mechanical" problems can be traced to "operator error". Humans are the wink link in the system, not the components.
I don't buy it at all. I think you just don't like Sierra GK's and that is just fine. However at 300 yards according to a ballistics calculator, the bullet was still going in excess of 2200 FPS and had 1877 foot/lbs of energy, more than plenty to open up the GK and more than plenty to break the bone. If your friend shot the mule deer 3 times in the sholder, the MD was not going anywhere. If the deer was not recovered, something here smells like a gut shot.
According to my Sierra contact, the bullet was designed to break bone with "rapid expansion". I have no clue here as to what transpired, but usually most of the "mechanical" problems can be traced to "operator error". Humans are the wink link in the system, not the components.
