SST puts a lot of shock on an animal, and I bump up one category in weight due to how explosive they are....no problems when you follow this procedure for Deer.
I have shot a lot of 7mm Mag 154g and 162g on deer. There is a world of difference between these two 7mm bullets as the 162 is a lot tougher than the 154. I killed three nice bucks with a 7 mag, 154 sst, loaded with a hot load of R#25 and a WLRM primer one year, they flopped.
270 win I go with the 150g sst.
243, the 95g SST is a tough bullet, good penetration and NOT immediate expansion.
30/06, I go with a 180g SST. Like RJY66, I have had the 30 caliber 150g SST not penetrate with shallow penetration, but guts were blown to pieces with the deer dead on the spot at 50 yards.
Std Interlocks are what they say a poor man's partition, I have found this to be true.
I do like the shock of the SST, but go a tad heavier on the bullet weight...animals pile up.
