Sierra: Game Changer
Sierra’s goal with this new line was to combine the proven accuracy of their MatchKing competition projectiles with the characteristics required for medium to big game hunting bullets, ie; target accuracy plus hunting performance in just one style of bullet. This is how the name “GameChanger” evolved.Sierra’s goal with this new line was to combine the proven accuracy of their MatchKing competition projectiles with the characteristics required for medium to big game hunting bullets, ie; target accuracy plus hunting performance in just one style of bullet. This is how the name “GameChanger” evolved.
To achieve this Sierra engineers thickened the jacket of the MatchKing, hardened its lead core by adding 3% moreantimony, then to aid expansion, finished it off by inserting a plastic tip into the former hollow point cavity. The result is what Sierra claims to be a “...superaccurate and tough game bullet”.
Frazer Winskill shoots the new Sierra projectiles..
I managed to get hold of a small quantity in 6.5mm and 7mm and decided to load them in my Custom 7mm Short Action Ultra Magnum (SAUM) and .264 Winchester Magnum, for testing on game in close, and at extended ranges to 500 metres.
Simon Gillice reports...
Nik sent me some 6.5mm 130 grain GameChangers to try in my Sako 85 Varmint in .260 Rem. This is my medium to long
range competition rifle with a 26” Krieger barrel. There weren’t enough projectiles available for me to do much in the way of load development, but I made up a few rounds with the same load of Hodgdon H4350 that has worked well for me with another 130 grain projectile.
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Craig & James Maylam hit the hills for fallow....
I was recently sent a sample pack of Sierra GameChanger projectiles for evaluation and decided to test them in my son’s custom 6mmn Remington. The rifle was built by myself and Mark from Desert Guns for my son James when he was 12. I used a small ring Mauser action and mated it to a Remington barrel and a Boyd stock. It has a Traister cock on opening kit and a Timney trigger. This rifle, when shot with its normal load – a Hornady 87 grain BTHP backed with 43.5 grains of IMR4350, will shoot ½ inch 100 yard groups all day. The rifle is James’s fallow deer rig and he’s taken a lot of animals with it.