Article on hunting bullets and their performance

[deemus]

Ran across this one and thought it was worth sharing. It's a good read.

I've been shooting 165g Hornady SST bullets in my 30-06 (really SST's in all our hunting calibers). In white tails, at ranges of 100 to 200 yds, almost always the bullet passes through the animal and is not recovered. 30 yds max is the run space of the animal after being shot.

In a 220# axis Buck, it ran 40 yds, and I recovered the bullet, mostly intact, just inside the hide on the back side.

I'm really curious what it would do on a mule deer or elk.

Enjoy the read.

https://www.americanrifleman.org/ar...wsletter&utm_medium=insider&utm_campaign=0516

 

[fishingsetx]

You gotta link?

I have SSTs loaded for my 6.5 norma and should be testing them on a couple does this weekend.

I found, with my .270 using nosler ballistic tips, that a shot, jusy behind the shoulder blade, made for a perfect entrance/exit wound and a quick bleed out (short run). A shot that connected with the shoulder blades ended up lodged in the far sjoulder somewhere. I switched to partitions after that and the problem went away.

Guns have only two enemies: rust and politicians!

 

[deemus]

Link added

 

[ervdrvr1]

If you want exhaustive research:

https://www.ballisticstudies.com

 

[deemus]

Well, I found out what it would do to a 250# mule deer. Passed all the way through it on a lung shot. No ribs were hit going in or out.


Heart shot, it may have had different results.