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LAST EDITED ON Jul-08-08
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>My family has alot of field
>experience with the SST's.
>Our hunting group of about
>10, chases alot of antelope,
>deer and elk every year
>in Wyoming, plus many other
>states. We kill alot
>of animals each year and
>I'm the primary reloader for
>most of our group.
>They rely on me (good
>or bad
) to
>load quality loads. I'm
>no expert by any means,
>but will share our field
>results.
>
>We found that the SSTs didn't
>penetrate or hold up as
>well as other premium bullets
>on elk. Antelope and
>deer were fine, but found
>many fragmented bullets with elk.
> Calibers range from 7mm
>Mag, 300 Win Mag to
>270 WSMs.
>
>With that in mind, we moved
>to Hornady Interbond and Nosler
>Accubonds and have seen excellent
>performance. Both of these
>bonded bullets by either manufactor
>held up and mushroomed perfectly
>on elk. Everyone in
>our group now shoots these
>with high confidence.
>
>This year, I am loading some
>Barnes TSX's for my son's
>7mm and they will be
>tested on antelope.
>
>ODDNUT1
>Kirt C.
I think the caliber you choose has something to do with your bullets fragmenting. You are shooting high velocity calibers which need a thicker jacketed bullet on them in order to penetrate. If you were to slow down your loads with the SST's I bet you'd see some better results. I shoot vmaxs in my .243 and have had a bullet pass through a coyote from the chest(frontal facing shot) out the hind end. Vmaxs are suppose to fragment but I don't push the loads very fast and in return the bullet holds together.