Sierra 169 gr

[MGYSGT]

No, I don't have any. Would like to try some when they become available. Seem to be out of stock everywhere. For those of you who have tried them, do they perform as advertised?

Tom

 

[Straightshooter1]

No, I don't have any. Would like to try some when they become available. Seem to be out of stock everywhere. For those of you who have tried them, do they perform as advertised?

Tom

Yes, I'd say they perform as advertised. I like them much better than the 168 and 175 SMK's and gives me excellent results with several powders (e.g. AR-Comp, IMR-4064 and H-4895) with tuned cartridges getting MOA's consistently in the .3's and the .2's pretty often. Over the last 13 months I've gone through 700+ rounds and have only gone out to 300 yds so far and still have yet to try 1,000 yds (hopefully get there in the near future).

 

[Rsadams]

It's been awhile but wasn't sierra advertising them for sale on their webpage...???

 

[stevenpoplin]

I tried 200 and wished I had bought more before they became extinct. I shot them at around 2660fps through a Bartlein 5R 1-10 twist 24" barrel. They shot great out to 1000yrds and my adjusted G7 was .245 (i think that's right). Took them out to 1760 yrds and still performed very well, grouping below 18". It took 121 MOA off a 100yrd zero to get there and that was every bit of the scope turret available.

 

[WVRJ]

I've had really good results with them.The 308 I'm shooting them in likes Berger 168 Hybrid Target bullets,but they're gone,gone,gone around here so I bought 300 of the 169 grain Sierra's to try and they've been doing a little better than the Bergers were.Worked out good for me,they got along well with AA 2520,which I have plenty of.They also seem to be length tolerant too.Very good bullets.

 

[MGYSGT]

It's been awhile but wasn't sierra advertising them for sale on their webpage...???

All gone

 

[Rsadams]

All gone

That sucks , everything is tough...

 

[Intell]

I tried 200 of them last year and they shot great in my 308, and very easy to tune. I got them from Powder valley, but I’ve not seen them since.
I want more.

 

[otnot]

I've shot 500 of them and I can't seem to get them tuned in. It drove me crazy all winter long. I tried different seating depths from jammed to .120 out. I tried 4064, 4895, Varget at 2.600 to 2,750 fps. Remington 9.5 primers and Lapua brass. They just don't like this gun with a 1:10 twist, so my next attempt is in another .308 with a 1:12 twist and a really long throat. I love how flat they fly out to 1,000 yards but I can't get a consistent groupings.