SIERRA GAME KINGS
 

IN THIS AGE OF THE NEW BONDED CORE BULLETS THESE SIERRAS JUST KEEP DOING THERE JOB OF PUTTING DOWN GAME, IVE MOSTLY USED THEM ON DEER, BUT RECENTLY USED ON A MT. GOAT WITH GREAT RESULTS ONLY RECOVERED 1 BULLET THAT WENT THROUGH THE SHOULDER. MUSHROOMED PERFECT CORE STAYED INTACT, WEIGHED 157GRAINS, WAS (180) SHOOTS ACCURETLY AND YOU CAN GET A BOX OF 100 FOR AROUND $17.00 WHAT MORE DOES A GUY NEED?
IVE TRIED MOST OF THE NEW BONDED CORE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE SWIFT,ALL MORE PRICEY AND MOST DIDNT PREFORM ASWELL AT THE RANGEAS THE GAME KINGS, PLUSE THE NOSLERS ARE SO LONG THEY IMPED CASE CAPACTY NOT GOOD, SO IM JUST GOING TO KEEP USING MY TRUSTY OLD GAME KINGS, BY THE WAY IN MY 06 I CAN LOAD THEM 180S
56GR OF IMR 4350 TO JUST A TAD OVER 2800 FPS ON MY CONO WITH CLOVER LEAFS AT 100YDS AGINE WHAT MORE CAN A GUY ASK FOR. OH WELL MY 2CENTS

RE: SIERRA GAME KINGS
 

I love em too. But they dont do what Sierra says they will, thats for sure at high velocities like a 165gr kicking at 3400fps. They are about the only ones that believe theyhandle that speed well. Koolaid mustbe good up there. I use em in 308's, 7mm-08's, and 270win. I don't like shooting in the shoulder of a deer with the 270win at close ranges. I don't mind for a 180gr in a 30-06. I put them in the same class as a Bullistic Tip. I just like em cause they are accurate.

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My experience has been the same - the Sierra Gamekings kill real well at muzzle velocities below 3,000 fps and on rib shots. The aren't good bullets for magnum rifles, at least at normal distances, and they really make a mess out of a shoulder shot. The ProHunter version (flatbase) is a little tougher and can stand a couple hundred more fps impact velocity without blowing up. Accuracy is usually as good as it gets.

RE: SIERRA GAME KINGS
 

Well guys, I like 'um both. My son's '06 likes the 150gr Pro Hunters and My '06 prefers the 165gr Game Kings.....Both Sako L61R's ....go figure. The one thing I like is they put the deer down fast. They don't have the sexy BC's and bonded technology.....but they work. Regards, Rick.

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Funny enough, I have a friend I reload for. I load 130gr gameking for 270win. He usually comes to me after hunting season saying how outstanding the gameking performs making largeexit holes. But he said this week, he shot a buck thru the lungs, and it made very small exit and entrance and very little blood trail. He found the buck about 50 yards away. But he was surprised it didn't do that much damage. He usually however clips the shoulder. But this time he didn't hit a rib, just lungs.

I was surprised since I have had fantastic luck with them. But I know he was telling the truth.

RE: SIERRA GAME KINGS
 

The very first .30-378 Weatherby I built went to Africa only about three weeks after the customer received the gun. The customer loaded up a hundred rounds with the 180 Sierra Gameking and, as an afterthought, loaded up about 25 with 180 Nosler Partititons. He reported being unable to kill even a small antelope with the Sierra at these velocities - the bullets were blowing up in the hide and ribs upon entry and were essentially out of gas when they got into the vitals of the animal. Animals would go down and then get right back up and run off. Those 25 Nosler Partitions accounted for 19 animals after he gave up on the Sierra's.

Later, he did play around with the 200 grain Gameking, which has a hardened core, and was pretty satisfied with its performance on elk. But apparently the combination of very high impact velocity and the legendary toughness of African plains game was too much for the 180 Sierra.

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A few years back I loaded the 180's fora 300 win mag. Hadgreat accuracy but they exploded horribly on impact. I wondered if they were designed for slower guns. I used the 117's for a 25-06 and don't beleive there is a better bullet for that gun.

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all i can say is they do a great job in my 06 i usally run 165s but for the goat i used the 180s just a tough animal and bigger than most people think estamated my to br around 400lbs.
just thought id show the results

RE: SIERRA GAME KINGS
 

Man, thats excellent, never knew they weighed so much.

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I dunno for sure, my my father in law has been loading gameking hollow points for his 257 Weatherby Mag and he's lost two deer in the past couple years, they find lots of blood but never the deer. I have a big suspision that the bullets are just blowing up when they hit those things. I forget what grain he uses though