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Posted: 8/16/2022 10:12:03 AM EDT
[Last Edit: truedef]
The two choices I have settled on are Black Hills TMK 175gr at $2 a round and Sierra TMK 175gr for $2.30 a round.
EDIT: Barrel is a 18" Proof with 1:10 twist, which is why I am set on 175gr. |
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Posted: 8/16/2022 10:17:53 AM EDT
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Black Hills
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Posted: 8/16/2022 10:30:05 AM EDT
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can you get a box of each and test them? I love the 175s
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Posted: 8/16/2022 11:23:17 AM EDT
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It’d come down to brass used as I reload. If Federal I would buy the other. Black Hills used to use Winchester headstamp or their own Black Hills headstamp made by Winchester iirc.
I always like the Black Hills factory new stuff but avoided the reload Black Hills 5.56. My .308 shot it as well as Federal GMM. |
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Posted: 8/16/2022 11:39:23 AM EDT
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I will be saving the brass for reloads. I am reading a lot of people do not like the Federal Gold Medal Match brass for reloading.
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Posted: 8/16/2022 12:42:16 PM EDT
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FPNI
It's better and cheaper, easy decision. 
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Posted: 8/16/2022 4:33:43 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By truedef: The two choices I have settled on are Black Hills TMK 175gr at $2 a round and Sierra TMK 175gr for $2.30 a round. EDIT: Barrel is a 18" Proof with 1:10 twist, which is why I am set on 175gr. 10 twist can shoot anything from 155 up to 190s without issue. The 175 TMK is a much better bullet than the 175 SMK but don't discard the newer 168/169grn bullets either. If you were set on those two I would try each and see what works better but if I had to choose the BH probably would be where I would start. The brass is good in the BH ammo. |
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Posted: 9/23/2022 2:03:41 PM EDT
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@truedef
FWIW... Fed. sells a LEO version of the 175gr TMK ( called Tactical Tipped Matchking ) ... about a $1.65 / rd plus shipping. It might be worth a try to see if your firearm "likes" it. https://www.bonefroggunclub.com/products/308-7-62x51-175gr-federal-tactical-tip-matchking-t308ttmk2?variant=31422430838853 |
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Posted: 9/23/2022 3:12:29 PM EDT
[Last Edit: snakeyes711]
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Posted: 9/23/2022 3:17:25 PM EDT
[Last Edit: snakeyes711]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By truedef: I will be saving the brass for reloads. I am reading a lot of people do not like the Federal Gold Medal Match brass for reloading. Black hills I got 500 once fired fgmm308 cases two years ago. I've loaded one batch 8 times, and annealed them once and my groups started to open up after 3 firings without annealing them again. As long as I use the fgmm primers the pockets are OK. The brass is softer than my lapua for sure. |
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Posted: 9/24/2022 3:44:13 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By bfoosh06: @truedef FWIW... Fed. sells a LEO version of the 175gr TMK ( called Tactical Tipped Matchking ) ... about a $1.65 / rd plus shipping. It might be worth a try to see if your firearm "likes" it. https://www.bonefroggunclub.com/products/308-7-62x51-175gr-federal-tactical-tip-matchking-t308ttmk2?variant=31422430838853 It's weird how there isn't much online about this particular round. |
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Posted: 9/24/2022 5:11:18 AM EDT
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I like the Sierra TMK 175
I have a 1-11.25 twist in a custom target rifle. It likes 175 SMK but hates 168-169 SMK. I hand load and like Lapua brass with RL-15 and 175 SMK. You just have to shoot and see what you're rifle likes. |
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Posted: 10/8/2022 7:44:41 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By truedef: It's weird how there isn't much online about this particular round. Agreed... BFGC started selling the 6.5CM 140gr back around June 2020... I started looking for info then, and still haven't seen much of anything on the Sierra Tactical Tip Matchking ( TTMK ) line. Shoots great from my 6.5CM's Then again, I never saw anything about Fed.s AE .223 50gr Tipped Varmint load either, and that stuff shot great out of everything at 100yds.... right around 1 MOA out of every rifle I saw. And was a bargain, lowest I paid was $5.29 / 20rds. |
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