129 grain SST in Man Bun

[General RE LEE]

I picked up a box of 129 grain SST in 6.5 and want to work up a load in my 6.5 man bun. Goal is a 120-180 lb whitetail deer slayer out to 300 yards without much fuss. Probably will load over Superformance.

Anyone got experience with the 129 grain SST in deer sized game?

 

[Andrew Massi]

Buddy you have dozens of posts asking about reputable bullets for shooting whitetails at perfectly reasonable ranges. All will work and work well, all are wonderful at bringing the blood pressure of ungulates to zero.

 

[motrapper]

Just about any hunting bullet 80 grains and up for 10 to 300 yards

 

[General RE LEE]

Buddy you have dozens of posts asking about reputable bullets for shooting whitetails at perfectly reasonable ranges. All will work and work well, all are wonderful at bringing the blood pressure of ungulates to zero.

Umm yeah I enjoy tinkering with different loads. Didn't you know Internet forums are full of people that are OCD lol?

 

[Creedmoor shooter]

The 129 sst is bad deer medicine. We used it to kill a few being launched at 3000fps

 

[coop2564]

Used a 130gr many times in 270 and 95gr in 243. Close it may come out of cup and fragment a lot, but if shot behind shoulder deer is usually DRT. 150 yds and further or so does real well. And it may not fragment to bad every time but will most close. Basically I'm saying close range I dont advise shoulder shot, meat waste and bullet could fail. Stay behind shoulder and all is good.

 

[xsn10s]

I picked up a box of 129 grain SST in 6.5 and want to work up a load in my 6.5 man bun. Goal is a 120-180 lb whitetail deer slayer out to 300 yards without much fuss. Probably will load over Superformance.

Anyone got experience with the 129 grain SST in deer sized game?

I don't have the 6.5 manbun but it should be a great load. The recoil should be light enough to not cause the hair to be undone Here's a video of Wanye Van Zwoll and that load.

 

[xsn10s]

I don't have the 6.5 manbun but it should be a great load. The recoil should be light enough to not cause the hair to be undone Here's a video of Wanye Van Zwoll and that load.

That shot is well beyond what I would want to do with that load. But I'm not going to argue with the shooter either. He's hunted alot more than I have.

 

[LVJ76]

Not the 6.5, we use the 139gr on the 7mm-08, and the 162gr on the 7mm Rem Mag and did on the 7RSAUM.

They kill deer and elk fast, turn lungs to smoosh.

 

[Creedmoor shooter]

That shot is well beyond what I would want to do with that load. But I'm not going to argue with the shooter either. He's hunted alot more than I have.

It just proves that if you put a bullet where it needs to go it will do the job.

 

[xsn10s]

It just proves that if you put a bullet where it needs to go it will do the job.

Yes it can. I picked a 260 AI as a general purpose hunter including elk. I've since wished I picked at least a 7-08 or bigger. Just personal preference. For whitetails or mulies I have no qualms using a 6.5.

 

[skipglo]

Umm yeah I enjoy tinkering with different loads. Didn't you know Internet forums are full of people that are OCD lol?

No probably not here....true OCD...would just fill em up and keep them...here we fill and shoot em!

 

[73driver]

My experience is with the 140 SST Superformance ammo for my 270. That load has nailed every deer I shot with through and through performance. No need to track and shots were from 200-300 yards on AZ Coues Whitetail.

 

[Bob Wright]

Pretty much deer grenades. My young grandkid hit one in the hind quarter with a 150gr. It didn't go 10 yards after blowing up the femoral artery. Quarter was obviously wasted mush.