A.D.D. BOY

I have to tell you right off the top - I have shot them at paper but I have never used them to hunt with. From all the information that i have read on all the sites I visit - a lot of people love-em - a lot of people hate-em...

My evaluation of the SST/Shockwave, for what it is worth. It is an excellent long range bullet - it certainly has the BC for it, but it is a mediocre bullet at closer ranges... Believe me the animal is dead but he/she just doesn't know it. But some yards down the road he/she will know it.... My theory is that the SST/SW is in and out of the animal before it really can expand to it's fullest, it is in and out because of the velocity we are shooting and the toughness of the bullet.The most often report I have read is in-out holes about the same - Unless a major bone is encounteredon the way in or out.

As an example, I have been shooting a 10mm 200 grain XTP, a kinda relation to the SST/SW 200 grain. That bullet is one heck of a damage causer whether it hits a bone or not at close range - but I can not shoot it as far as the SST/SW and maintain the same ballistics. It is a great performer to 150 yards - but after that the SST/SW will out perform it.

Just my two cents...