Hornady SST

ive shot deer at 10m with 165gr in my 308 thought the chest small in hole and 50mm exit hole. deer at 300m small in hole and three exit holes.both times deer didnt walk more than 10m .deer at 200m front shoulder. it went throught both shoulders .there where 2 exit holes and the deer just fell over.i love them.the do make a mess of magpies aswall.lol

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Originally Posted by jackson21

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Couldn't get any 165's so bought last 4 boxes of 150's from reloaders. Went to range other day to check zero before hunting trip in a couple of weeks, 5 shot group @100m pretty much same POI so no need to change. Average velocity out of 20" barrel 2860 fps. This is good ammo, pretty much one ragged hole. Not sure even worth reloading for this rifle, apart from being able to keep a consistent supply of ammo.

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I have just started to use the 150sst and 165sst in my 308. Both very accrurate,POI nearly the same for both, just a fraction lower for the 165. Only shot 4 goats so far with them but they do the business at close range on those ones. My REM is 24 inch, getting a average of 2995fps with the 150sst and getting the stated 2840fps with the 165sst(both chonry) so they moving along:) I just like the fact that they shoot accrurate out of my rifle and can use both 150 or 165gr without having to adjust anything. The way they pole axed those goats im sure they going to do the business on deer.
Esp as the 308 will be taken more in longer shot areas instead of the 243 which will still be my main go to rifle as its awesome:thumbsup:

That's great speed. Have you looked at Sierra TMKs?


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Originally Posted by MassiveAttack

SSTs are a long range projectile so made to expand at lower velocities than normal. The problem comes from guys bush hunting with them particularly when the projectile hits s twig on the way to the target.

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What @MassiveAttack is saying is that the SST has a Secant Ogive and a boat tail which are design features found on long range bullets. This makes them more sensitive to seating depth for accuracy.

Hornady designed them like this to provide better ballistics (make em' slippery) and more velocity. I have always found that in .243, .264 and .308 they kill exceptionally well and I have only seen penciling when animals are body shot over 500 yards.

They are a bloody good pill and work.