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I got some 160 RNs around somewhere.

Ive Shot Them With Both.. TTSX And A.B.And Have Yet To Recover A Bullet.. Pic The One Your Rifle Shoots Best. Both Are Tuff Bullets.

My 260 really likes the above.

I’ve had good exits in the 260 with Accubonds and TTSXs. I’d happily hunt either. The Nosler ABLR fared pretty well too, for a “softer” bullet. Only stopped them on extreme angle shots.

Thanks for all the input. I have 100 accubonds loaded so I'm going to sight it in with those and shoot the sst's at Chuck's to use em up

I shoot Nosler 130 AB’s in my model 7 260. And have gotten pass throughs on the 3 deer my son has taken with them

130 swift sciroccos would be my first choice. If you dont mind clipping the long distance shots, a frame.

Consider the Barnes 100gr TTSX or Hammer 110gr. These bulle4ts completely penetrate mature muley bucks even thru both shoulders. Almost zero blood shot meat. If you feel you must use a C&C bullet consider the Hornady 129gr bonded. Will give the same speed & trajectory of the 129 SST.

Try the Barnes 129 LRX

They shoot very well and of course it’s a Barnes

I’ve had the same good experience with 140 Interlocks in the 6.5x55. Heck of a blood trail. Same with Gamekings.

Leo, what did the heart/lungs look like?

My son had a very similar problem with his model 7 and 120 Fusions. I almost lost his very first deer as there was not a drop of blood and the shot was perfect behind the shoulder with an exit. Finally found the deer about a hundred yards away. Two yeas later he shot a big doe broadside at 150. I was watching through binocs and knew it was a good shot. Two hours later and still no deer or blood and he wanted to go home. I told him we were not going home till we found the deer. He was about 10 years old and was getting very tired. My brother was helping us look and stumbled upon the deer over 250 yards away through some thick pines. Perfect behind the shoulder hit with an exit. Have never shot a Fusion since but know lots of guys that like them. I can’t explain it, but I certainly made a change. My son had absolutely no faith in his gun after that so we got him a Tikka 7-08 and he’s become a killing machine.

I would have thought the SST would have been a quick killer.

The 130 accubond in my old carbon barreled 260 is devastating on deer. It just flattens them. I'm always tempted by higher BC stuff but that rifle really likes the 130 accubond so that's what it still gets.

I had a few bucks make it a ways after long shots with a 140g interlock from a 264 at 3200 mv. I thought those sp cup and core bullets would grenade at that speed but the lot I have appeared too tough. The lungs were still mostly intact with quarter sized blood shot circles and an exit. I switched to the 140 sst to get a little more expansion. It put one down by lightning but i didn't get a good look at the damage. I gave it to someone with the skin still on but the lungs were soup and there was an exit.

Sometimes chest hits don't leave a good trail because all the blood pools up in the chest cavity instead of leaking out. I've hit a few in recent years with a 215 hybrid from a 300 wsm and they ran a ways but left really good trails including lobes of lung out of a 3" exit.

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I’ve read this elsewhere as well.

Head scratcher for me. If they were the older SST's they were bombs, maybe they got toughened up too much? If you want DRT kills something like a Berger would be in order, if you want a blood trail then any of the the controlled expansion or mono bullets will do it, The 129 Hornaday is a nice inexpensive bullet and I have never had any issues with it. The Blue Box Federals also perform above their pay grade. Do not be too quick to draw a conclusion from two examples, I have shot a fair amount of game and am still just learning.

My daughter has been using the Sierra 120gr Pro Hunter in her .260 for years with excellent results on deer. She's harvested quite a few deer over the years with that bullet and the results have been so good that we've never tried anything else. With the exception of one all have been pass thru's and the one that didn't exit went through both shoulders and was lodged in the skin on the off side and in a nice mushroom. She's also only has a couple that ran and they didn't go 20yds and fell within sight. Her closest shot has been about 50yds and her longest around 250yds. I purchased 6 boxes before Sierra went up on the price so she's good to go for a while.

The 140gr AB and 127gr LRX have both given me exits on elk and muleys, you should be good to go. Specifically for deer, I'd see if your rifle likes the 130gr AB to get a bit more velocity.

you have been given very sound advice here. stick with the 120 bt,130 ab, 125 partition or 129 interlock and you won't have issues if velo kept at 3k and below. either front axles or behind the shoulder and you will be golden with exits most of the time. i personally shoot 120 bt outta my 260 rem's and haven't caught one yet but i pick my shots and don't shoot ass end shot but wait for broadside or quartering to or away.
good luck and hang with the 260 rem. its a heckofa cal,
Big Ed

Yep. I have shot gobs (40 plus, not sure) deer out to 430 yards and some antelope with that bullet. It is my go-to bullet in my .260. I load it over 43.3 grains of Reloder 17 for about 2950 fps. The H4831 is super, too. I usually get exit wounds and deer don't go very far.

The original SST bullets were junk and I have never used them since. Supposedly, the new ones are OK, but I never saw a reason to try them. Regular old Interlocks are great, as well as Partitions, Accubombs, etc.

95gr SST in the .243, 117gr SST in the 25-06, always has been for us !

Most piled up inside of 30 yards & not 1 gone past 60 yards.