130 gr speer hot cor

Speer hot core bullet with no crimp grove as a hinge point just keep expanding and do a lot of damage in an animal.
I shot a ground hog 1 time with a 243 Hot Core 80 Gr. The pig was laying in his hole, He raised his head, I held on his chin. when the gun cracked he disappeared backwards into the hole. When I picked him up I found a lump in his back leg. I found the bullet expanded to about quarter size.
Used 270 130 Gr. Hot Core in 270 Win. on crop damage deer. A broadside shot would blow big holes in off side. All DRT.
 
Anyone have a load for this bullet in 7MMSTW?
Alliant had the following data for 7mm STW with 130-gr Speer BTSP: 80.1 grains (max load) of Reloder 23 with Fed 215 primer.
Layne Simpson showed 82.0-84.0 grains of IMR 7828 with the same bullet.
And Western powder showed 130-gr Sierra MK with Ramshot Magnum powder showing a maximum of 87.2 grains. All 3 loads used Federal 215 primers.
That's all I could find.
 
This is the entrance hole on a deer shooting a 125 gr accubond at 3600. Couldn't find the lungs, the stomach exploded even though the bullet hit 8 to 10" from it, and the liver had tears all over it.

I'm assuming you'll see similar results with a Hot core at those velocities.
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