Hunting & Fishing Post your SMK/Match bullet kills

[Chesapeake]

Berger 210 VLD @ 460yd. Exit woundView attachment 8214208

What animal is that?

 

[theHerder]

What animal is that?

Dall sheep

 

[J-Fonz]

First experience with 185 Juggernaut from a .308 DT. Entered just behind front shoulder and blew out the back one punching through.

 

[Cat pitch]

Late anterless season, factory Prime with the Norma 130, 305 yards slight quartering to me. Hit her high just behind the front shoulder, exited just in front of the opposite hip, watched her drop thru the scopeView attachment 7229736View attachment 7229740. A little bigger than a golfball exit. 2736 fps out of the 20" CTR barrel.

I have my 23.5" Bartlein medium palma getting cut down to 18". Was wondering what bullet to run, but I think the 130 Norma is woking just fine. The Bartlein will probably be a little faster than the factory barrel even with it being 2" shorter.

Great setup

 

[Nate O.]

75g ELD-M, 22-250 ai

 

[mountainman308]

130 grain ELDM across the top of the heart. It dropped where it stood and didn’t even twitch.

 

[Ranchhand]

6.5 creedmoor 140 American Gunner.
510 yds, zero fur damage.

 

[backcountryguide]

140gr ELDM from a 6.5 PRC at 825 yards. Buck did one quick spin before the second one was in its way.

 

[J-Fonz]

@backcountryguide What a stud

 

[J-Fonz]

16" Proof 6 ARC Hornady TAP at 172yds

 

[J-Fonz]

And another. Nosler 140s from a 6.5CM at 192. Last pic was after I had removed the shoulder.

 

[260284]

230 yards factory 147 ELDM 6.5 PRC. She ran 80-100 yards with her heart blown out and holes in both lungs.

 

[260284]

Anyone ever use the 107 SMK out of a 243 or 6 Creedmoor for deer? I have a 18” 6 Creed that I use for coyotes with the 87gr VMax. May use it for our antlerless season and realized I have some 107s on hand. I am sure the 87s in the lungs, neck, or head would work, but I like exits on deer.

 

[hlee]

168gr Sierra Match king. 2350 fps muzzle velocity. 60 yards.

Exit wound…

 

[J-Fonz]

Anyone ever use the 107 SMK out of a 243 or 6 Creedmoor for deer? I have a 18” 6 Creed that I use for coyotes with the 87gr VMax. May use it for our antlerless season and realized I have some 107s on hand. I am sure the 87s in the lungs, neck, or head would work, but I like exits on deer.

Yes. 105/107/108s have all worked flawlessly.

 

[ThicketCricket]

175gr SMK at about 180 yards. Pin hole in and out.

 

[stello1001]

Got this girl yesterday evening. Distance was about 130-ish yards. She was head on and I aimed straight for the forehead. She dropped dead right after making a few loud squeals and kicking for a just a bit.

FN SPR
.308 Win
22" Shilen select match
PTG chamber reamer
Norma factory ammo with 175 golden target

 

[MOshooter]

Anyone ever use the 107 SMK out of a 243 or 6 Creedmoor for deer? I have a 18” 6 Creed that I use for coyotes with the 87gr VMax. May use it for our antlerless season and realized I have some 107s on hand. I am sure the 87s in the lungs, neck, or head would work, but I like exits on deer.

The 87s kill way above their weight+!

 

[diggler1833]

After some disappointing falls with OTMs (animals were recovered, but lived a lot longer than I wanted) I've switched to the ELD-M for critter control (coyotes and feral dogs).

So far with only about 10 kills, the ELD-M has been impressive...but I'm reserving my opinion until I get another couple dozen on the ground. All are out of a 6.5x47, 130gr ELD-M at ~2,715 FPS.

^ furthest (actually the only one to run) that made it about 20 yards. Double lung from ~155yds.

^ Hard quartering to, full body penetration (can see exit on back leg) from about 140yds, went 0.

^ Exit from a frontal neck shot at ~130yds. Went 0.

^ Exit from a quitting to shot at ~250ish. Neck/spine junction was point of aim/impact on other side. Went 0.

^ Exit from quartering away shot at ~82 yards. Went 0 and blew hair like a dandelion.


*** I will not be showing the dog photos out of respect. However, the dogs have ranged from about 60 - 80 pounds and every one has been extremely humane. Not a peep, no running.

 

[RPN]

147 eldm at 683m. 6.5 saum, launch velocity 2928fps. Arrival velocity 1857fps per Strelok.
Exit wound shown, animal is upside down.

 

[TanktheFrank]

140 HPBT in 6.5, ~300 yards DRT a few weeks ago.

175 FGMM, might've posted that one here before. That had to be 2017 or 18.

 

[Ranchhand]

147 ELDM factory out of my new 6.5PRC.
547 yds. I had a less than ideal shot but took it anyway being the last day of deer season here.
Zero blood trail but dead is dead and I have venison in my freezer.

 

[J-Fonz]

My youngest got his first buck. 120yds with 6CM shooting 105s.

 

[Ranchhand]

This is the 147 eldm from my little buck a few posts back.
The bullet went in the left side through the 4th rib and traveled length wise through the body and was found in the right hind quarter.

 

[NateVA]

This guy from Outdoor Life took a video of killing a moose with 22ARC shooting 88gr ELD-Ms (including photos of the damage). Some very upset people in the comments who don't understand how bullets work or kill things.

 

[coldboremiracle]

Crazy that 13 years have passed and we're still posting to this thread. My step son shot this little buck last week with his Bergara. the classic 175 SMK did some incredible bloodwork on this little buck. (Video below)

 

[260284]

147 ELDM at 192 yards, 2910 fps, had bone fragments coming out the exit, last picture is the exit after skinning.

 

[260284]

Took a 14 yr old that had never hunted on a deer hunt last Saturday. We snuck up to 130 yards on this doe and he made a great shot. 147 ELDM @2910 fps. She went less than 10 yards.

 

[260284]

My 9 year old grandson took a doe fawn and a big doe two Sunday evenings in a row with the 77gr TMK @2700 fps, 123 and 125 yards. Small one dropped with a double lung shot, the bigger one was quartering to and he broke the near shoulder and destroyed the lungs. I think he shot the spots off the first one!
Pretty impressed with the damage this bullet does.