This what Hornady308 165ssts look like after going thru the sholder of a red shot at 318yds MV 2760ft/s.Mushroomed ok,deer fell over.
This what Hornady308 165ssts look like after going thru the sholder of a red shot at 318yds MV 2760ft/s.Mushroomed ok,deer fell over.
The reason I don't much like using SST's is over concern about fragmented lead throughout the meat we'll probably eat. I went from SST's to Interbonds to the Barnes TTSX I mostly use now.
Wouldn't hesitate to use SST's on anything I was just killing and leaving behind. Always found them quite to very accurate and good killers. My son knows of my concerns about the SST's but still prefers them for his own hunting as he has always done well with them.
I would consider that a failure. It has disintegrated. To do that at that speed means it's to soft.
I like a nice mushroom with the core retained. Which is why I prefer bonded projectiles.
Overkill is still dead.
My girlfreind uses the same bullet at about the same speed. Nothing fancy, just puts it in the shoulder, havent seen one walk away yet. A couple of times theres been a hole through both shoulders, but the damge between is pretty major. Her 11 year old son has taken 3 for 3, a hind, a spiker, and a stag. The hind took 2 paces, the other 2 bang flop. Wont be seeing any complaints about bullet performance from her, she loves her 308 and the SST.
Inreresting comment,its disintergraded and stopped the deer,good.Being too soft really,to me thats good,better than penciling straight thru.its traveled thru two sholders and smashed them and stopped the deer in its tracks.Iv stopped deer out to 430yrds,ssts seem to work for me.Il try and find a nice mush roo for you one day.The core retained hmmm,interesting.22 deer last summer didnt think it failed
Cheers.
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A bit more bang is better.
Hunt safe, look after the bush & plug more pests. The greatest invention in the history of man is beer.
https://youtu.be/2v3QrUvYj-Y
A bit more bang is better.
great podcast for those who have time
Covers all that's talked about above and much much more with real-world data.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjqCM_cNLfc&t=1227s
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Podcast watching?too busy cutting up venison.By
@Trout I handload just about all my ammo and am not sure what factory ammo is currently available with those TTSX bullets. The Barnes Vortex ammo should though if stocked by the LGS you usually buy from.
Actually, I'll enquire up here to see if I can find anything and let you know.
Alternatively I could even make some handloads for you to try if factory ammo cant be found.
Do you not have speakers?
you dont have to be glued to the screen
https://open.spotify.com/episode/1ut...T3ews8wJ2rGQ0w
Konus binoculars " The power to imagine"
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