I used the SST this fall, 154gr out of my 7 rem Mag. Shot my buck at 125 yards quartering, dropped him in his track and it was devasting to say the least. The bullet tore the vitals completely apart, before exiting out the left shoulder and darn near plucking it from the bucks hide. I was pleased with the performance, the buck tipped the scales at 300 dressed and I shot in him in some knarl that would have been a b!tch getting him out had he not dropped within short order.

What caliber of rifle where you using Deerslayer???

The reason I asked is the 150 gr sst accounted for 5 animals in our party, 4 of which were taken with the 06. Other than 1 of those 4 deer the bullet didn't do much spectacular. It did the job with 3 animals down within 100 yards or so, but 2 of those were clean vital hits and the deer went pretty far all things considered. One doe the bullet exited, leaving a pinky in and about 1 - 1 1/2" out, the second was a decent sized buck it torn the back of both lungs and then didn't exit, we found it tucked into the opposite hide (appeared to be deflected of rib or something (weird, it was partially intact too). The other one was a good sized buck and he folded up within a step or two, completely trashed his vitals.

I was just wondering if it maybe the same caliber. Even though I have heard of many 06 shooter using this bullet and being pleased. I should mention the 06 bullets were all factory ammo.

Like mentioned I was very pleased with the performace I got and would definately use them again. I usually use Nosler Ballistic Tips.