Not my experience at all. I have killed over 20 head of hogs and deer with the SST/SW with no problems at all. With one exception, all were one shot kills: A follow up shot was requiredwhen the bullet brokethe shoulder and off side leg of a big buck. I consider myself a "good" hunter and the 250 grain SST works well for me. I normally do not takeshoulder shots except on very big hogs.

IME: Sometimes the 250 grain SST/SW leaves an exit hole, sometimes not. In those cases where there was an exit hole it was over .75" in diameter: This tells me that the bullet expanded.An exit holematters not to me because my shots are picked carefully and the animal is not going to go very far.The best bullet in the world will not turn agut shot into a bang flop every time.

I keepseeing complaints about SST/SW bullets on these boards. They are divided equally between those who claim the bullet zipped on through without expanding and those who claim that the bullet blew up.

Chronographs, ballistic programs and BDC scopes are just spiffy great things.One had better verify the point of impact at 100, 150 and 200 yards. A friend just found out that his BDC scope is not calibrated to the recommended load for his gun.

To paraphrase Ronald Reagan: "Distrust and verify."

Your mileage may vary.