Comments on: New 6mm and 6.5mm Tipped MatchKings from Sierra

By: John

John — Sun, 29 Nov 2015 03:29:54 +0000

What I don’t understand is that Sierra’s 6.5 123 MatchKing has an advertised BC of 0.510 which is actually corrected by Litz independent testing to 0.522. Why, then, would anyone go with a heavier bullet with a lower BC AND lower muzzle velocity? And why wouldn’t Sierra use a state-of-the-art hybrid ogive design? (Unless they actually are — but the photos look standard tangent to me.) In light of Berger’s 0.560 BC 6.5 130 hybrid OTM, I’m underwhelmed.

By: Rustij

Rustij — Sat, 28 Nov 2015 08:29:38 +0000

Your absolutely right Kris the Berger is a definite favourite judging by those stats, what I meant was I think the 107 is ‘Sierras’ equivalent to the 105 Berger.

Cheers

Rustij

By: Richard

Richard — Fri, 27 Nov 2015 19:58:46 +0000

I still think the US market does not understand the peak point where the 6.5 shines and still treats it like a slightly bigger 6mm.

The 6.5mm is a chugger not a speed demon. Push it along at 2800 with a heavy 140 plus weight bullet and it becomes boringly accurate with low recoil and long barrel life.

Would love to see move variety in the 140 to 150 weight range.

By: Guy

Guy — Fri, 27 Nov 2015 13:19:21 +0000

There’s also a herd mentality with bullets when in fact there’s other fine choices as well. You see that with powder too. Look at varget and the palma shooter, its ok but there’s other choices that work very well also. Specifically the 107 will keep up with the 105 all day long, anyone who has shot both bullets can tell ya that.

By: Kris

Kris — Fri, 27 Nov 2015 04:28:37 +0000

btw, the BCs on the 6.5 don’t seem to have gotten mixed up. The BC should be highest at the highest velocity.

By: Kris

Kris — Thu, 26 Nov 2015 19:21:52 +0000

Opps! That was the overall statistic, which included both 6mm and 6.5mm bullets. Of the 28 shooters who made it to the finale and used 6mm, 27 of the used the 105 Hybrid. One used a Scenar.

If they offered a 105-115 gr. TMK, I bet you would see some Sierras in the stats.

By: Kris

Kris — Thu, 26 Nov 2015 18:47:06 +0000

I wouldn’t say the 107 Match King competes with the 105 Hybrid when 80% of the shooters in last year’s finale were using the Hybrid and no one was using the Match King.

http://precisionrifleblog.com/2014/12/11/reloading-components/

By: Rustij

Rustij — Thu, 26 Nov 2015 03:27:44 +0000

Kris I believe the tipped 107gn Match King competes with the Hybrid.

Regards

Rustij

By: Kris

Kris — Wed, 25 Nov 2015 21:16:44 +0000

95 gr. is too light to be useful in PRS. Most matches have a 3150 fps. velocity limit. You can already exceed that or come close to 3100 fps with a 105 Hybrid in everything but the Dasher and the 6BR.

They should have released a 105 to compete with the 105 Hybrid.

By: Clinten Neff

Clinten Neff — Wed, 25 Nov 2015 18:51:59 +0000

When are we going to see a 140 or 142?