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Joined: Mar 2018
Posts: 12,458 Likes: 26
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Joined: Mar 2018
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I stopped shooting SST' after making making good shots and deer running off and leaving no blood trail. They don't leave exit wounds. Gut deer and inside is destroyed. MY experience with SST as well. Actually recovered the jacket and core that had separated inside the deer. Deer died no problem. Only went about 30-50 yards, but which direction in thick pines?? Stumbled on him What caliber? My experience has been opposite even shooting with 308.. they do expand quickly
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Joined: Mar 2005
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Skinny's Property
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Joined: Mar 2005
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Shot a 8 with the interlock in .270 the other day quartering to me. Bullet was just under the skin on the other side. Deer didnt bleed much except where i found him but he was definitely dead. Dug bullet out. It mushroomed real good and was in one piece still.
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Joined: Aug 2016
Posts: 1,297 Likes: 12
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Joined: Aug 2016
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I stopped shooting SST' after making making good shots and deer running off and leaving no blood trail. They don't leave exit wounds. Gut deer and inside is destroyed. MY experience with SST as well. Actually recovered the jacket and core that had separated inside the deer. Deer died no problem. Only went about 30-50 yards, but which direction in thick pines?? Stumbled on him What caliber? My experience has been opposite even shooting with 308.. they do expand quickly 30-06 and 7MM-08
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Joined: Oct 2017
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10 point
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Joined: Oct 2017
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Hornady has always been inconsistent. You just got a bad box. Always test when changing lot to lot. And that includes bullets you load yourself. It's funny to me that people say similar to what you said and look at me like I just sprouted another head when I tell them that's just a Hornady thing.
Also, the reason people are so often unimpressed by the 6.5CM is most factory loads are too slow. Handload an 120gr NBT or similar and you'll like it same as most any other deer rifle.
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Joined: Nov 2005
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14 point
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Joined: Nov 2005
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I stopped shooting SST' after making making good shots and deer running off and leaving no blood trail. They don't leave exit wounds. Gut deer and inside is destroyed. MY experience with SST as well. Actually recovered the jacket and core that had separated inside the deer. Deer died no problem. Only went about 30-50 yards, but which direction in thick pines?? Stumbled on him What caliber? My experience has been opposite even shooting with 308.. they do expand quickly 7-08
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Joined: Aug 2016
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8 point
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Joined: Aug 2016
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SST is a ballistic tip, it will not mushroom or hold together like a corelokt or similar bullet. Only deer I had DRT was a buck I hit right in heart. All others ran off into thick cover, I was lucky to recover them all.
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14 point
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Joined: Nov 2005
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I’m in the Barnes crowd due to the no exit with the SST. I reload them myself and push them fast. Most deer don’t take a step
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14 point
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Joined: Nov 2005
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SST is a ballistic tip, it will not mushroom or hold together like a corelokt or similar bullet. Only deer I had DRT was a buck I hit right in heart. All others ran off into thick cover, I was lucky to recover them all. Agreed. That’s how they are built. Some people love em, some don’t. I just want an exit wound so if they do run, you can follow a blood trail. With no exit, it is like a vacuum and not much blood at all
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