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That's why I maintain they are better at a longish range. I've only used them within 50 yards or so. I went back to a heavier, slower bullet that does less damage.

The SSTs are accurate, but simply too destructive for the hunting I do.

I have great luck with them out of a .270. They shoot well. Last year I shot 5 whitetail deer with them and had all complete pass throughs. Avoid the shoulder if possible.

Super accurate and super explosive at short range with a 300 Savage----2750FPS

The 180 SSTs are great for deer in my 30-06s. I bought a thousand of them in a blem sale for about $75. They will outlast me.

I've run them out of my 6.5 Swede; hunted caribou once with them. I had them loaded thinking we might have some long range stuff to deal with. Instead we ended up dealing with runners. Consequently I found out how they work in pelvic bone. They killed well enough and shut things down right quick. The mess was a bit excess however...no surprise, and probably neither better nor worse than other cored slugs.