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[458Exp]

Tstone send me these pics this morning.
Unfortunately he can’t post it himself as he is currently hunting.

.30-06, SBC 150gr, 2900fps, young eland bull, 250m.

[Bushcourt]

In my opinion, the SST is not a good hunting bullet. It's a rapidly expanding cup-and-core bullet that is, in my view, more of a varminter than a hunting bullet. It's supposed to expand in a "controlled" manner, and the "interlock ring" is supposed to keep the lot together, but in both the above instances it didn't even fully penetrate the head of the animal shot, and only part of it was recovered under the skin, obviously having come apart after over-expanding (specially the second one).

So either it must be shot much slower, or over much greater distance, because even though it worked, it's not ideal behaviour in the above two examples.

but that's just my 2c on the matter :D

My butcher (friend) will agree. Significant meat damage from SST. He is at a point where he refuses to work on a carcass if he finds out it was an sst!

[Greekboi95]

Sierra 6mm 90gr Tipped Game King (GameChanger) from my 243 Win recovered from a blesbok.

Broadside shot at around 150m. Impact was behind the shoulder, recovered on the opposite side under the hide.

Recovered weight 57.5gr (64% weight retention).

MV 2920 ft/s. 4 blesbok between 120m - 250m, quartering away and broadside shots, this was the only bullet that did not exit using the 243 Win.

I also load the 140gr version in my 6.5 PRC at 2930 ft/s. Over 5 blesbok, also between 120m - 250m, head and body shots all passed through. I also took a zebra at 280m with a broadside shot and bullet was caught under the hide on the opposite shoulder but did not record the retention weight unfortunately.

All the body shot animals taken did not run more than a mere 20 meters before tumbling over with both calibers with the exception of the zebra. She ran +- 100m before going down.

Overall I am very pleased with these bullets, meat damage was minimal when not hitting shoulder bone and the penetration was exceptional considering these are not bonded bullets.20260516_151903.jpg20260516_151850.jpg

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[TStone]

Excellent performance for a cup and core bullet.

[264WinMag]

That is quite good results with the Hornady!


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[Greekboi95]

That is quite good results with the Hornady!


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Sierra ;)

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[264WinMag]

Sierra ;)

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I spoke wrong:)


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[458Exp]

Spoor .375 300gr bullet out of my 375 H&H at 2450 fps.
Buffalo cow shot at 60m





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[TStone]

​165gr Hornady CX from a .30-06 at ±2700fps. Recovered from a warthog boar shot at ±40m, quartering away shot.

[TStone]

​165gr Hornady CX from a .30-06 at ±2700fps. Recovered from a kudu bull shot at ±50m, quartering away shot.