ORIGINAL: Chasam60
Any one ever pull the tip out of an SST? The hollow point is nearly 1/4" deep. The only SST I ever recovered from a deer expanded well and the base was intact. It hit a lot of bone (5 ribs) and was found under skin. Without the tip they should expand quickly. Just a wild thought. I am sticking with Noslers.
Charlie
Don't be deceived by the "pointy" look of the SST. Plastic tips in bullets can HELP them expand. That poly-tip is forced back into the hollow cavity behind and starts the expansion process. A poly-tip bullet and a pointy bullet where the copper jacket extends almost to the tip are very different animals.
How many centerfire varmint bullets are so designed??? Most of them.... They expand very quickly if the area behind the poly-tip is appropriately designed...