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Well today I shot a 17 inch wide six pointer with a 30-06 with 180 grain SST. I shot it twice. The first shot was good I hit it in the liver And blew through the deer. It ran 30 yards and stopped I shot it again just to make sure it would die The second shot went in at an angle hit the ribs and rammed up in it’s neck under the hide which is the bullet I recovered. That shot devastated its heart and lungs and literally knocked it down. I would put a picture on here of the bullet I recovered but my phone will not take a picture so I will just tell you about it. It did lose it’s lead core and found the copper jacket under it’s Hide. But I am still very impressed because of its extremely devastating wound channels and its massive knock down as advertised by Hornady. I will be buying more SST’s in the future for deer hunting I would recommend this bullet for deer hunting. Now what is some other reviews from you guys if you have use them?
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Accurate in every rifle I tried them. Great performance on soft tissue, but things will not go well IME if you run it into heavy bone/tissue. Sample of 20+ deer.
"You miss 100% of the shots you don't take"- Michael Scott
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I've shot deer with SSTs in .243, .308, .30-06 and .270. In my experience the SSTs knock the snot out of 'em. Lots of internal damage.
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Thanks guys for the comments
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My aunt shot a pig inbetween the eyeswith a SST out of a 270 and it completely obliterated it’s face! The damage was incredible!
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I am not a fan. They were accurate but a bit too easy to blow up. I prefer the Interbond.
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I used .30-06 factory Super Performance 150 gr. SST at @ 3100fps on a number of caribou. Results as above under 300 or so. "Normal" ( efficient, but not overly destructive) results over 300 out to nearly 500. Seem to be designed for good but not "explosive" expansion at lower velocities/longer distances/ lighter game. 1 inch, 3 shot inch groups at 300 with that rifle, but then so did the factory Corelokts, just 6 inches lower, 3 inches left at 300. And the 150 gr. mono SP GMX (somewhat less "explosive" at shorter ranges) printed 8 inches higher and 6 inches right of the SSTs at 300, and performed about like the SSTs from 300-500 yards or so. No noticeable difference on killing efficiency between the SST and Corelokts at any range I used, for what that is worth. Actually, the only SST I ever recovered was into the skull of a moose at 30 yards. Yes, I did use a rest....  As LazyV said. I accidentally (more or less) shot a caribou through both hams at 200 yards (ranged). Blew a cantaloupe sized hole all the way through both. Embarrassing, but educational! ChaseA1- what was the range and body weight for your deer?
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i'm selling sst's off now to buy a different bullet
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I used .30-06 factory Super Performance 150 gr. SST at @ 3100fps on a number of caribou. Results as above under 300 or so. "Normal" ( efficient, but not overly destructive) results over 300 out to nearly 500. Seem to be designed for good but not "explosive" expansion at lower velocities/longer distances/ lighter game. 1 inch, 3 shot inch groups at 300 with that rifle, but then so did the factory Corelokts, just 6 inches lower, 3 inches left at 300. And the 150 gr. mono SP GMX (somewhat less "explosive" at shorter ranges) printed 8 inches higher and 6 inches right of the SSTs at 300, and performed about like the SSTs from 300-500 yards or so. No noticeable difference on killing efficiency between the SST and Corelokts at any range I used, for what that is worth. Actually, the only SST I ever recovered was into the skull of a moose at 30 yards. Yes, I did use a rest.... As LazyV said. I accidentally (more or less) shot a caribou through both hams at 200 yards (ranged). Blew a cantaloupe sized hole all the way through both. Embarrassing, but educational! Yes ChaseA1- what was the range and body weight for your deer? 100 yards was both of my shots and the deer was 170 pounds approximately. Muzzle velocity 2750 FPS. Both bullets never hit anything bigger than a rib.
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Love them !
Shooting 95gr SST Superformance in my .243 & 117gr SST Superformance in my 25-06.
Through the slats, massive internal havoc ='s completely bled out, dead deer inside of 50 yards. Great blood trails too.
I hit a shoulder bone once, & lost that entire qtr to haemorrhaged, bone chip destroyed meat. This 117gr still exited.
Paul.
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not a fan, had a bad experience with them and so did my mom this year on her deer. no way I'd use them again, VLDs are it for me now.
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Excessive and wanton destruction that is not needed to kill a whitetail or mule deer. A simple cup and core bullet like a Corelockt, Power Point, Hornady interlock or even a plain Federal Blue box bullet provide all the killing a deer needs. If you are shooting long range then perhaps a more streamlined bullet or SST might be viable.
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I shot them last year out of a 260 Remington. 129 grain SST's at well under 3000 fps. Shoulder shots, neck shots and rib shots. All equal dead deer. I wouldn't hesitate to use them again. The caveat being that the starting velocity be under 3k fps. (or the shots taken be at 150 yards or greater).
Each his own.
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I shot them last year out of a 260 Remington. 129 grain SST's at well under 3000 fps. Shoulder shots, neck shots and rib shots. All equal dead deer. I wouldn't hesitate to use them again. The caveat being that the starting velocity be under 3k fps. (or the shots taken be at 150 yards or greater).
Each his own.
That's the bullet my mom was using. Shot was 175 yards and the bullet blew up on the shoulder near as we could tell. Deer never recovered. Not worth the gamble if you ask me.
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I would never point a sst at cut of meat I wanted to eat...(grin) The wound channels are impressive.
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A friend and his son have had nice results** on a handful of deer with the 95 grain SST out of a 243. The start speed isn't super high, the load is the typical 41 gr. H4350 shot from a 20" barrel. No bullets recovered.
** Good wound channels, no excessive damage.
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Like early and late NBT’s, ya gotta know the vintage.
I gave up on SST’s 10-12 years ago, found them to be too irratic.
I hear the later ones are better, just haven’t gotten around to trying them.
Am using and liking late mfg NBT’s. Had given up on them, too. But that was back in the day when they seemed to blow up way too often. I get good performance with the current ones.
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I too made the switch about the same time, NBTs when I use them have never given me a chance to look elsewhere. When the 260 factory one blew up on my mom's deer, that was only 3 weeks ago, so although many here think they are skookem, I'm still sceptical.
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I'll try & remember to snap a pic of the 95gr SST I (surprisingly) recovered from this deer & post tomorrow. ![[Linked Image]](https://i.imgur.com/hJHjH60.jpg) (.243 @ 3100fps @ less than 100 yards)
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SST 95 GR. Superformance, .243...approx. 20 deer. Few bang/flops or blood trails, but all dead within 50 yds. These are behind the shoulder shots , if I thought they had to drop quicker or leave a blood trail I would a NBT.
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