I got one fork-horn meat muley, one cow elk. Both were killed with a Savage Weather Warrior in 270 shooting some older 150gr SST's at 2980mv. The deer was shot offhand at 130yds in the neck, and the cow was shot at 420 yds quartering-to in the shoulder.

The older SST's have a reputation for being a bit frangible, but that particular one did a fine job on the elk. She was a larger-than-average cow, about 550lb, and the bullet shattered the humerus, busted a rib, clipped the heart, obliterated the lungs, and ended up under the hide toward the rear ribs on the opposite side. Lost it during skinning, but I don't really save that stuff. It gets lost in the loading room. Impact speed was about 2450, IIRC.


I belong on eroding granite, among the pines.