Two friends went to Africa for the 6 plains game animals including Eland and Kudu. Their rifles were Weatherby Mark 5's in 7 STW, with hand loads of 162 SST loaded at 3150. All animals dropped in their tracks, the Ph was so impressed that he wrote an article in PH magazine that all those Professional Hunters subscribe to.
The 162g SST must be a tougher bullet than most think.
Seems they may have toughened the SST from earlier ones. I had written off the 6.5 version years back due to being too expansive, not too unlike the early NBT’s.
Current production SST’s and NBT’s seem to hold together better than vintage versions.
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