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i also have had poor results with SST but ,every hunt is different like every gun . what works for you is the bottom line.
I am shooting cva accura Lr been using horndy sst I come to idea they are trash i had 4 deer get away from me lack of blood cant be expanding I shot a deer just above the shoulder dead center didnt fine and blood for 150 yds in backed out went track it next days 14 Hr later deer was still alive. what is a good bullet to use that fully expands gonna casues some major damage take deer out?
If that deer was alive 14 hrs later, it was a poor hit. Bullet design doesn’t change placement.
I don't use SST's but my two friends do. I have seen them kill dozens of deer with that bullet on deer drives over the years. Four so far this year and I don't think one went over 30 yards.i've killed dozens of deer using the excellent 250 grain Hornady SST bullet, mostly in the crush rib sabot. Most were hit in the heart lung area. Never lost one, many were bang flops.
If it was me the first thing I would do is shoot some of the remaining bullets from that box into wet paper and water jugs to recover some samples. Maybe it's a bad batch. The fact that 4 deer were shot and none recovered makes it impossible to know what happened. Sure the OP thinks he hit them correctly but without recovery that can't be verified. Anyone who has hunted for a while has shot deer with arrows/bullets has thought the deer was standing such and such a way and upon recovery discovers that their eyes didn't see what they thought. I had a tracking dog for deer recovery and the amount of people who would tell me what happened as they saw/remembered it vs. what actually happened when the deer was recovered was amazing.I think we all believe the good results some have had. If they failed all the time, they would be quickly discontinued. There are a lot of variables that can influence how a bullet performs.
I think a new guy and I consider myslef in this group, inline w/sabot newbie, can read or listen to in person some number of unhappy SST users. And take that into account. I never actually read or heard in person of a EZ-T complaint. The OP is complaining, granted he maybe doing something different. It is a pretty easy to swap bullets and see if the problem goes away. Maybe not easy for me, but; the OP hit 4 deer already in one season.
Hornady's most popular bullet is the SST. They load it in all types of ammo, including the new super performance line. I've seen alot of deer killed with SST's, 6 this year. Not saying they are the absolute best bullet out there (if there is such a thing), but they are proven for sure. There are alot of good bullets, however if people can't make accurate shot placement - blaming the bullet is a weak excuse.I been thinking. Dangerous thing! I am perplexed and unhappy about the rise of thee 6.5 creedmore. Noting wrong with it but; when I see a shelf filled with this ammo, I know that is so much less 7mm08 available to me. In fact none right now. These cartirdge wars do matter. The buyers are a fickle crowd and a really great product can fade away to make room for something that is no better. Hornady sells a lot of SST, centerfire rilfe, pistol, shotgun and sabot. I steer clear of all of it. Many happy users maybe right to worry and try and get their opinion out. Or you wake up one day and SST is gone. Or shoe on other foot, how would I feel if the whole XTP line went away ?
Fury Star Tip 2P 320 grain. I size mine and shoot bullet to bore but he also makes a universal fit model of the same bullet. The bore on my Accura V2 was too tight for them which is why I went the bullet to bore route with a Walters Wad .060 thick .512 poly wad I got from Buffalo Arms. These bullets shoot incredibly well and the terminal performance is violent. So much so that I would not take a shoulder shot because of meat loss. I took a big bodied 6 point on Ohio's opening day broadside just behind the right shoulder. There was more lung on the ground than left in the body cavity. Tangerine sized exit hole. Not a bang flop but he only stumbled 20 yards through the trees before expiring. Stevie Wonder could have followed the blood trail. Very happy with those results.I am shooting cva accura Lr been using horndy sst I come to idea they are trash i had 4 deer get away from me lack of blood cant be expanding I shot a deer just above the shoulder dead center didnt fine and blood for 150 yds in backed out went track it next days 14 Hr later deer was still alive. what is a good bullet to use that fully expands gonna casues some major damage take deer out?
You are spot onIf it was me the first thing I would do is shoot some of the remaining bullets from that box into wet paper and water jugs to recover some samples. Maybe it's a bad batch. The fact that 4 deer were shot and none recovered makes it impossible to know what happened. Sure the OP thinks he hit them correctly but without recovery that can't be verified. Anyone who has hunted for a while has shot deer with arrows/bullets has thought the deer was standing such and such a way and upon recovery discovers that their eyes didn't see what they thought. I had a tracking dog for deer recovery and the amount of people who would tell me what happened as they saw/remembered it vs. what actually happened when the deer was recovered was amazing.
It seems like that's the deal with that bullet...if you crank them up they do the job well. Kind of like Powerbelts in reverse...move them too fast and they disintegrate and don't make it out the other side. Slow them down? They do just fine.I shoot the sst in my shotgun with outstanding results. Its the only thing i shoot in that gun. But i havent hunted with it in a few years. Killed many deer with them, awesome blood trails that Stevie Wonder could follow. That ammo is listed as being 2000fps muzzle velocity. Speed matters
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