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<blockquote data-quote="Topgun 30-06" data-source="post: 576684" data-attributes="member: 28854"><p>You heard one positive. Now I will respond with this. I used the SST in my 30-06 several years ago to shoot a mulie and one cow elk and shot the rest at the range because they were crap! The buck was quartering to me slightly at about 100 yards and I put the bullet right on the right front leg. The buck went down fine, but when I walked up to him he had an entry hole the size of a softball and no exit wound. The bullet blew up completely and nothing but fragments was found when I did a close examination during gutting. The cow elk was shot broadside at 125 yards right at nightfall off my camera tripod. She took off like nothing had happened and by the time I found her in the morning I had lost over half the meat because of warm weather. Of over 100 animals I've shot since I started hunting in 1953 that is the only animal I've had go over 25 yards and the only one I have ever lost meat from! The autopsy on her showed that I had hit her perfect and the bullet had blown up completely on the near side rib. The near lung was a mess, but there was absolutely no penetration beyond that point. I immediately changed to their BTSP in both my 30-06s and my 25-06 that I use for antelope and have shot about a dozen animals with them and will never go to another bullet. Every animal has been dropped in it's tracks with one shot with them at distances of 100+ to 311 yards with great penetration and bullet expansion. I would throw those SSTs at paper targets and go to the SP or BTSP bullets in a heartbeat if I were you. This buck was shot at 174 yards in Wyoming this year with a handload 150 grain BTSP using 59.7 grains of IMR 4350 in a pre64 Model 70 and the shot cut his heart in half and he never twitched. I also shot a doe antelope for meat at 125 yards with my Ruger M77 using the same powder (50 grains) and a 117 grain BTSP. The shot was broadside through the lungs and she took one step and down for the count.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Topgun 30-06, post: 576684, member: 28854"] You heard one positive. Now I will respond with this. I used the SST in my 30-06 several years ago to shoot a mulie and one cow elk and shot the rest at the range because they were crap! The buck was quartering to me slightly at about 100 yards and I put the bullet right on the right front leg. The buck went down fine, but when I walked up to him he had an entry hole the size of a softball and no exit wound. The bullet blew up completely and nothing but fragments was found when I did a close examination during gutting. The cow elk was shot broadside at 125 yards right at nightfall off my camera tripod. She took off like nothing had happened and by the time I found her in the morning I had lost over half the meat because of warm weather. Of over 100 animals I've shot since I started hunting in 1953 that is the only animal I've had go over 25 yards and the only one I have ever lost meat from! The autopsy on her showed that I had hit her perfect and the bullet had blown up completely on the near side rib. The near lung was a mess, but there was absolutely no penetration beyond that point. I immediately changed to their BTSP in both my 30-06s and my 25-06 that I use for antelope and have shot about a dozen animals with them and will never go to another bullet. Every animal has been dropped in it's tracks with one shot with them at distances of 100+ to 311 yards with great penetration and bullet expansion. I would throw those SSTs at paper targets and go to the SP or BTSP bullets in a heartbeat if I were you. This buck was shot at 174 yards in Wyoming this year with a handload 150 grain BTSP using 59.7 grains of IMR 4350 in a pre64 Model 70 and the shot cut his heart in half and he never twitched. I also shot a doe antelope for meat at 125 yards with my Ruger M77 using the same powder (50 grains) and a 117 grain BTSP. The shot was broadside through the lungs and she took one step and down for the count. [/QUOTE]
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