I had some initial reservations about the 95 grain SST when I loaded them for a friend's 243. A number of years and deer later I can report they've been good performers. They're coming out of a 20" barrel so the velocity isn't too high for them. (I don't recall us shooting this rifle over the chrono.) This SST is a flat based bullet with a long straight shank section.
I don't think it has been used on a quartering on, point of the shoulder shot, so no comment there.
My friend's son shot a good sized buck quartering away and hit him a little far back so the exit was behind the opposite side shoulder. The bullet didn't blow up as far as I could tell from the wound track, and the buck only staggered about fifty feet.
