ORIGINAL: falcon
"Anybody got any recovered 250 or 300g SW or Hornady SSTs? Lets take a look at them? To start the discussion, please look at this thread in PDF format:"
Take a look at theSST i recovered from a deceased hog. It is posted on this threadalong with the photos of lots of bullets that were fired into lots of different kinds of non-living media.That bulletwas fired from a laser measured distance of 190 yards. Take a look at the 240 grain, .44 caliber XTP thati recovered from the body of the second deer that it killed. It was fired atabout 130 yards. A deer or hog is not gelatin. The tests of bullets fired into gelatin, sand, wet newspapers and wet clay arenot indicative of what a bullet does when it hits a pig or deer.
For some reason you have a big problem with SST bullets. How many head of game have you shot with SST bullets? SST and XTP bullets have worked well for me.So far thisyear i have killed 14 hogs with SST and XTP bullets. Not one of them went over 10 yards.
I will say it again, lots of folks have trouble with bullets because they do not put them in the right place.
Thanks for the push back Falcon, this is just what I wanted to see, someone whohad good experiencewith them. Now I went thru this entire thread and I didn't see any pictures from you, can you give either a URL link or post the picture in here. I have not killed any game with the SST but I have with the XTP, and I like them,as for the SST they are the most accurate bullet in my Savage.
However I chose the PBE since I felt it mushroomed better at closer ranges based on what I have seen andread.Thanks. Chap Gleason