Good deer bullets, little light on elk. I have shot several mule deer with a 30-06 and 150 or 180 sst's - all resulted in dead deer with minimal tracking. Meat damage was minimal as I like to shoot through the ribs. Shot a 5 point bull elk at 180 yards with a 30-06 and 180 sst. bullet hit right behind the shoulder, shot straight up into the spine. Bull dropped like a rock but not what I had expected. Have since switched to 180 gr Interlocks for elk and 150 gr Interlocks for deer. Better result with complete pass throughs (both deer and elk) and nice expansion. I think the sst's are fine at lower velocities but feel that they are pretty explosive over about 2700 fps.


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