Maybe you need to put the bullets where they count??
It does help. My camp mate and his youngest son have been dropping them quick with 95 grain SST's through the chest. I've had fine results with the 95 grain Ballistic Tip, even on a rather large hog.
Those 95 grain SST's are wicked little bullets. They do more damage to a deer's giblets than 165 gr. power points out of my .30-06 and drop deer fast.
We haven't been able to detect any real blowups yet either, despite the SST reputation. None have been recovered, all exits. The more moderate velocity from a short barrel (his rifle is 20" I believe) and the long, straight shank with this particular SST being flat based may be helping.
