I have gone to the 139 grain SST out of my 7mm-08 as my go to bullet of choice because I do want a faster opening bullet after losing the only buck I've ever shot with a rifle using a too hard Barnes 140 grain TSX. Five drops of blood and two days of looking convinced me that I'll take five pounds of bloodshot rib meat over 200# of wasted deer. While I didn't get an exit wound from the last buck I shot with the SST, it was a close shot and at a steep angle, so I probably hit the spine for and instant drop.The SST is an Interlock bullet with a plastic tip that didn't batter in the magazine during recoil like the soft point Interlock. That Interlock is a terrific deer bullet as well. A 165 grain Interlock from my .308 gave me an almost immediate easy to follow 50 yard blood trail on another buck.
