Thread: 270 and superformance

Originally Posted by Moa Hunter

From what I have seen of SST's they either make a huge mess and ruin a heap of meat or blow to pieces leaving no blood trail and an unfound wounded deer. To be honest I havent seen the 150's SST used in a 270, (are they hard enough to pass through ?) but anyway I think 150 is getting too heavy for a 270 anyway - if it is run fast to take advantage of the high BC bullets the recoil will be up there.

@Moa Hunter and I have been having an ongoing disagreement about SSTs, but I think it's horses for courses. I chose them for the high BC at a pretty decent price point. Tried 130 SSTs, 130 Berger VLDs and 150 ALBRs, but couldn't get the same balance of accuracy & velocity as I did with the 140s.

Sure, I've lost a couple of animals with them, but I can't discount shooter error and I've had a lot of good results on both tahr and reds. I wonder if the bad rap they get is at the lower end of the weight for caliber.