Any of you guys monkey with the 162 version?
I load the 162 Hornady btsp for my STW at 3200 fps mv.
I have killed two bull elk with this bullet. Each was ranged at about 400 yds, so impact velocity would be 2500 or a bit less. I was very impressed with bullet performance. I saw deep penetration, though not high weight retention. A heart lung shot imediately imobilized one bull. I put two more into him before he actually tipped over. Each round impacted exactly on POA and the only meat damaged was in the ribs.
The second bull, a couple years later presented a much tougher shot. The bullet impacted low in the right ham, traversed the kidneys, and came to rest under the skin midway down the left backstrap without breaking a bone. The bull was again imediately anchored and would have finished bleeding out wihin a few minutes, but a broadside hit to the heart tipped him over for good.
The dog got to enjoy about 25% of that right ham, and about 10% of the left back strap.
