200 sst
 

Anyone know if they make a blue tip or bonded 10mm 200 grain SST?

I could not find one looking around the net.

No, they do not offer them in bonded.

:rock: Likely because they do well in all categories without being bonded.You might check the S.D. and the B.C. as I remember it they are a decent comparison to a 300gr. 45. I have taken a number of deer and feral hog with them and they have done well for me.

The 200gr SST seems to do just fine the way it is BUT if a bonded were offered, it would be a huge hit with the smokeless fans. Its no problem getting a 200gr bullet moving over 2700fps in my 45cal Pacnor.. Even 2900fps is very doable.

Does not TC own the rights to the bonded version that Hornady makes for them - 40/200 Shock Wave. I believe that is why you do not see bonded SST's

There are two kinds of Shockwaves, bonded and regular. The only bonded Shockwaves ive seen are .451s.

Well when they ask about SST's that alone means they are the Hornady offering of the bullet. The "Shockwaves" are the Thompson Center brand. I have SST's with a yellow nose. I started shooting them because of some comments Lee made about them a long time ago. He was not wrong. Super accurate I can say. And while I have yet to shoot something other then paper, if they do as Lee said... I would be real happy with them.

Same here.

The 250 grain SST bullet has a soft plastic nose: The 250 grain Shockwave has a very hard yellow "polymer" nose. For years i used them interchangeably on deer and hogs.

Came to the realization there was sometimes a difference in their performance. The Shockwave did not always expand, especially on smaller deer and hogs where bone was not hit. That's most of my shots since i avoid shoulder shots except in a couple places close to property lines.

Year before last i shot a 110 pound doe at a range of about 80 yards: High shoulder shot. The powder charge was 100 grains of 3F Goex Pinnacle. The deer went down like a rock, layed there for about 30 seconds, jumped up and took off. Tracked that deer down the trail for about 300 yards, almost no blood. Finally jumped and killed her. That Shockwave bullet was about two inches further back than i like but it never expanded.

After another similar experience on a 150 pound hog i stopped using the Shockwave bullet.

Well the main difference I see is the powder and the amount I have used them for many years as a goto bullet but my lightest load is 120 grains of Blackhorn when I load the bonded one I use 140 grains of Blackhorn, 2350 FPS. Sounds like a lot but the strain gage say it is the same pressure as 120 grains of 777-2F.I would have to check my book to be sure but I think the average for 120 grains is around 2100.
I do believe a lot of the problems people have with bullets comes from using to light a load with a jacketed bullet.