Hornady SST on elk

probably most folks don't think so, and for sure I will say that up close on big leg/shoulder bones, it may not work to well. But I have used them for the last 2 years in my 300 win, and have had some good results. The shots were quite aways out there, and all were hit well. 4 bulls and 3 cows in the last two years. But that is not any kind of endorsement. only my experience.
good luck. The velocity of the super-performance hornady rounds is as advertised, though. shot them through a chrono, and they were right on the money in my rifle.
 
I have been shooting them out of my 300 Weatherby. I have never had an elk get away, but the closer the shot the worse they seem to perform. Having said that I have taken a Moose with one shot, A big bull at 400 yards with great penetration. But I have shot deer at less than 100 yards with out an exit hole. I will use them until I run out of them, but I am going back to soft points.
 
Thanks for the info. I was wondering because a lot of hornady superformance ammo is only in the SST. So I figured the larger calibers of this ammo must be used on larger game. I normally use accubonds but have some SST and they shoot good in my gun so I was wondering about elk for this year. Thanks again.
 
We've had great results on deer and antelope out of our .270's with the SST in the Custom ammo, which is lower velocity than the Superformance (3060 fps vs 3200). My wife will be using a 200 gr. SST out of the .338 for the first time this year on elk. I was using the 210 gr Partition with good success but I wanted something with better down range performance. Since I don't load my own, I had to find a factory load the rifle likes and the Hornady Superformance in the 200 gr. SST fits the bill. I have a lot of confidence in the bullet and I hope it doesn't disappoint in the .338.
 
IMHO the Hornady Interbond is the best way to go in a 30-06 for elk and moose in 165 grain or 180 grain if you can find them..
 
The SST will work for elk, in my opinion there's better options for bullets to use. I usually use the SST's on deer/antelope. The one and only time I used SST on elk, was out of 300RUM. Less than 100 yards was the shot oppuritunty I had, I witnessed first hand how the bullets perform at close range.
 
With a rib shot you'll be ok. I wouldn't aim for the shoulder. Killed a large cow elk last year w/150 sst in 270 at 300+ yards. core separated. killed the elk quickly though 30 yds and down.
 
I don't know about in the 30.06, but the only deer out of about 30 that I've killed with a muzzy, was lost with a SST.

Giant whitetail, 150 yards out, shoulder shot, massive blood and hair, tracked him to a pool of blood and then he crossed a 800 yard picked field. My guess is that the bulled fragmented badly and didn't achieve more than shallow penetration.

That was the year I ran out of my barnes 290's and decided to try something else. Bummer, as it's the best deer I've had in front of a barrel too.
 
I like the stoutest bullet a rifle will shoot accurately for elk. Pass through lung shots ar great, but it don't always happen that way. mtmuley
 
>I like the stoutest bullet a
>rifle will shoot accurately for
>elk. Pass through lung shots
>ar great, but it don't
>always happen that way. mtmuley
>


***That's exactly why Hornady recommends their Interbond over the SST for animals the size of elk.
 
+1 Topgun - I shoot both the 150 grain Hornady SST and Interbond out of my .270WSM. Both bullets have the same exact ballistic coefficient (.525) and they shoot almost identically out of my gun, so it works well to use both bullets depending on the situation. I shoot the SST for antelope, deer, and target plinking and use the Interbonds for elk sized game.

I shot an antelope last year in Wyoming with a 150 grain SST and the bullet fragmented pretty badly. I could not find the major portion of the slug anywhere but found lots of bullet fragments. I don't want to take any chances with elk, so will be using the Interbond on larger animals.

Good luck with whatever you choose.
 
Thanks for all the replies. I will try to find some other bullet that shoots good in my gun if I decide to use the 30-06.
 
Research would tell you skip the SST and go with a Bonded. Failure rate is probably 10x higher, though still fairly low. Chasing an elk into a nasty hole to finish him off is never worth whatever reason you have for even considering an SST type of bullet.

If you don't believe me, spend another 2-3 hours googling the subject.
 

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