anybody used these in there 243 95 grain are they any good
I love sst in 270 they are superb, anything in the wrong place will do much damage if you get a deer run a little it is amazing the amount of claret left behind they certainly don't go far and you don't need the hound to follow the large blood trail, found this on another forum
In a word 'Yes'. I'm going back to soft points for that exact reason. "25-06 117 grains. Far too much meat damage for me. They're laser accurate though and for fox shooting they would take some beating.Slightly bigger and heavier, I'm using them through my 6.5x55 as 140 grainers. The don't take any prisoners. In fact I pulled a shot recently, intended poa was heart and poi was close to the diaphram, a shot I would have got away with had it been soft points. Ended up having to cut a fair bit of mess out from between skin and ribcage.
Anyone else had experience of them being a bit too explosive?
130 or 140 gr in your 270? Where do you like to place the bullet?
anybody used these in there 243 95 grain are they any good
In a word 'Yes'. I'm going back to soft points for that exact reason. "25-06 117 grains. Far too much meat damage for me. They're laser accurate though and for fox shooting they would take some beating.
Baguio
I read the same off their website after having these problems. I don't shoot too many deer at 300+ yards so I can only assume that what they are telling the truth. Unfortunately I had already loaded up 100 by then. They will still get used on the ranges so not a disaster. It clearly is a speed thing as NuttySpaniel has also says.depends on what damage you are happy with.
not something I would put into a chest shot personally, fantastic neck shooting bullet
tried them in 130gr .270 but will stick to SP's
I like to put neat holes in things even when hit not exactly where planned
bought them as they are marketed as SST Interlocks so I assumed they were the same as Soft Point Interlocks just with a ballistic tip
they are not
they are designed for reliable expansion at much longer range targets and therefore much slower terminal velocities
Plains game, US antelope, 300, 400yds +
the difference between 3000fps at 100yds and 2200fps at 400yds is huge when it comes to expansion (almost half the energy) and it is shown by what happens should you clip the elbow or upper shoulder on the way in
but.....is that really necessary or beneficial?. For some reason I can drive the 95gr SSTs much faster than I might have expected: 3200fps without pressure
but.....is that really necessary or beneficial?
trajectory improvement are rarely significant until things start hitting high 3000's early 4000's fps
i bet there is an accuracy point lower down the velocity scale