Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Deer Hunting hornady sst or barnes ttsx for deer?

gonna try some new ammo this year and decided btwn these two. anyone shoot either of these And which would u suggest? thanks!

I'm not an SST fan, they have been in general very inaccurate but worse than that they have been very 'explosive' on deer.

I'd rate it as my least favorite bullet across the board.

really? ive read great reviews on em. but never shot em so i cant say. may try out the barnes this year then

Last year I shot antelope and elk with a .270 and 140 SST.. For my $ you don't need a premium bullet to kill a deer..

I'll not use one again, even on a dare.

I owe you an apology, I was wrong about them not being accurate, I was thinking of the Interbond, the SST's did shoot well. I didn't like them on game though.

Unless I missed it, you don't mention what cartridge you are going to be shooting them out of. If you are going to be shooting them much over 2800 fps at deer, I'd definitely opt toward the Barnes.

Used the 100 gr. TTSX in my .25-Oh a couple times on deer. Not too impressed. They are accurate as all get out in my rifle. But IMHO they are too much bullet for whitetail. I went back old school to cup & core. Seem to kill the deer quicker and not kill my wallet so fast.

sorry. im shooting a .270

i do have an extra box of 150gr corelokt i could use those up i reckon. used ballistic tip last year and didnt care for em

For that, a 110 grain TTSX is going to be damn hard to beat.

Either one of those bullets will make a dead deer out of live one from a .270 WCF. The Barnes will likely do it with less mess and bloodshot meat.

Either will put meat in the freezer.

I've used the 95 gr SST Hornady Super Performance ammo in my new 6mm last year since I didn't have time to work up new handloads before deer season. They worked great on our small bodied TX Whitetails & more than a few Feral Hogs.

I'm going to try the Barnes 85gr TTSX out in that Rifle this year. My buddies have had good luck with the Barnes Bullet & say they are accurate & perform well too.

This is just my opinion, but if you don't like the Ballistic Tip's performance, you probably aren't going to like that of the SST either. They are pretty much aimed at the same performance envelope. I've used them in the 25 caliber and they did pretty nasty things when contacting solid bone.

Kaiser Norton

I'd throw a 110gr TTSX at 3300fps and flame some [bleep].

What's the score on the GMX from Hornady?

Just a though, I wonder how many years will pass before any of todays supper bullet's can claim the number of kill's of the Remington core lock? I have never even used core locks but boy what a track record! I wonder just how many kills they have had? I'm gonna have to get a box someday just to try them! The bullet's I use today are basically the same bullet's I used almost 50yrs ago, they just keep working!

VorTx 130TTSX is my go to round in my Sako M75 .270;accurate and effective.

I used the 140 gr Hornady SST for the first time last year. It was shot out of a 270 WSM at about 3175 fps. It's very accurate in my rifle.

The white tail deer was running at about 150 yds and was DRT. The bullet was explosive and did it's job. The blind I hunt out of overlooks a pasture bordered by a very large swamp that you don't want to track a wounded deer in. So DRT is more important to me than preserving every ounce of meat. I'm looking forward to trying that load out again this year.

Dan

Core lokt's just plain work, but take a look at these....

http://www.midwayusa.com/product/71...ltra-bonded-pointed-soft-point-box-of-20