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Yep, its all about placement. I've shot varying weights of SST's out of 7mm Rem Mag, 280 Rem, 7mm-08, 6.5CM, 6.5 Grendel, and 25-06. They killed deer as long as I put the bullet in the right spot.

I shot a doe 2 seasons ago with a 165 sst out of a 16" barrel 308. She was about 80 yards and the bullet caught the point of the shoulder going in. Golf ball size entrance and base ball size exit 2 ribs behind the shoulder. It was nasty and bullet fragments everywhere. She was dead on her feet though.

Absolutely the most accurate round out of my .308 hands down.

Superformance is the only factory round that I've found that my Steyr rifles do not like.

Son shot his first buck(a spike) with one out of a 7-08. Perfect shot placement although the deer was quartering slightly. Deer tucked tail and ran. Waited on land owner to come help track. Got to shot site and zero sign. Looked where we thought he would have went and nothing. Finally I walked down a little cleared path in some pines and found him no further than 50 yards from hit site. When we cleaned him, the cup and core had separated and was lodged just under skin on opposite side. From then on I decided I would rather have an exit hole than to “expend” all energy of bullet in animal. Switched to barnes and haven’t lost one yet

Killed my biggest buck with a sst in 25-06. Shot him twice and had two perfect mushrooms

I shoot the 150 grain in my 308. 25 yards is the longest distance one has made it after shot. Love them

They were horrible out of my 300WM. In a rifle that is sub MOA with other factory loads, these were 3-4 MOA.

I tried the140’s in my 270. Grouped great, the regular 140gr BTSP performed much better on deer.

Meanwhile on Aldeer.... the most deadliest cartridge on the planet is a .243.... but a .30 cal SST is questionable at cleanly killing a deer.

Thanks ya'll for sure.

Plain ol' interlocks killed 78 brazillon.

My sons 300WM in a steyr pro hunter shoots them sub MOA. My other son shoots them sub moa in his steyr .308 pro hunter

Not near as many as a 22 hollow point

I have a few buddies who stopped shooting them due to no pass thru and poor blood trail.

I shot sst's in my Bar 30-06 for over 10 years didn't get a pass through or much of a blood trail most of the time but when ya see them fall ya don't need a blood trail. I never lost a deer that was shot anywhere close to the kill zone . I bought a Tikka T3x 300wsm last year I shoot Winchester Deer season xp ballistic tips killed 2 bucks didn't get a complete pass though but saw both fall. My Browning liked Sst's the Tikka likes Winchester sub moa. I think pass through's are a lot like Ford vs Chevy some folks are going to have bad experiences with both.

This. I shoot it in my 270. May have had one run 50 yards. Most drop in their tracks. It is devastating. I have always gotten them to pass through and also create a massive cavity of destruction inside. Which is fine, I don't shoot the parts I want to eat. Everyone loves core lokt and I do too but I always have to find the deer. Sure there is usually a blood trail. But with SST I just walk over to the deer instead of go look for him. And it groups sub MOA out of my X-Bolt.
People say it breaks up too much so there is no blood trail. Not true. Here is a deer I hit a little high and far back. Total lung shot. He went 20 yards and was full of mush when I gutted him. You tell me if this was enough pass through and blood trail to find him 20 yards away.

SSTs are like BTs. Don’t hot rod them and you won’t have issues. Run them fast and they come apart. I’ve never been able to get any of my rifles to shoot superformance. The only rifle I can remember like those rounds was Uncle Hucks Montana in 25-06

I have heard lots of folks put down the Superperformance loads. I haven’t had that experience so I guess I am lucky. Great pic of the SST deer kill. That is usually where I shoot them. Maybe an inch or two lower. I never understood people talking about “meat damage”. Where the hell are you shooting them? Unless you love that rib meat? Just drop that pill behind the shoulder. Boom....flop.

Yup. Explosive performance right behind the shoulder will end things quickly.

Save the hindquaters, backstrap and tenderloins. If the shoulder is salvageable it's a bonus.

Leave the rest for the buzzards.