anyone use these? I picked up some 308 165 grain. I've heard mixed reviews on this ammunition. A buddy of mine has em and liked em this past season so I picked up 2 boxes.. They shoot really good at the target. but what about deer?

Kilt a bunch of full grown bucks and a train load of does with them. I shoot 150 gr through a .308.

I killed my biggest with SST's, but 12 gauge SST slugs not 308.

lost any? I mean on good placed shots.

what choke do you use to shot em?

No.

Me neither. I've used 140 grain SST in a 270 Win.

Loaded a few SST's up.Deer killers.

New Superformance shoots super chitty out of my rifle. I used hornadys sst (plus my noslers) all the time, but I don't anymore..

My brother shoots sst's. I believe 130 gr. In his 270. He has killed a few nice bucks with them and quite a few does. Only cartridge he shoots. Has never had a negative thing to say about them.

I like the Hornady 168 grain BTHP's. Suh weet hand load.

I killed my first three deer with the 150's without any real issue.

How's expansion/weight retention?

There are better bullets but in a 308 with 150 or 168 grains they are good. I have used them some in my 300 savage because I wanted quick expansion at the lower velocity. Good for youth velocity loads too. I wouldn't use them in smaller fast caliber like say a 25-06.

I shoot the 150's out of a .30-06 and haven't had one take a step yet.

What's your favorite 300 Savage load? I have one but haven't hunted with it yet. I also have die set and a lot of brass for it too.

I shot 3 deer with that bullet and all 3 were pass through shots. Hole going in was small but the aftermath was destruction. Only 1 ran and it only ran about 50 yards but the blood trail was easy to follow. The other 2 dropped in their tracks. It tells you on the box that they should not be used for hunting but that's hogwash as far as I've seen so far.

No choke - I was using a rifled slug barrel.

I reload my 308 with 165 sst, killed 1 doe last year with them , no issues to speak of and I get very good accuracy out to 300 yards.

Not a fan...They look great and are really accurate. However, they dont expand like a core-lock. Hornady makes a core-lock version (Interlock) that is excellent for whitetail. It expands very good upon impact. I love all Hornady products, but made the swich from SST to Interlocks 2 years ago. Havent had one run yet. BTW, shot placement is everything but Ive had a big buck run 75 yards with his heart blown completely out of his chest. They are really tuff animals.