SSTs are an interesting bullet. They kill quickly but there is no perfectly mushroomed bullet to take a picture of. I’ve shot SSTs, 140s in a 270, 165s in an 06 and 154s in a 7 mag for deer and pronghorn antelope for 25 years. Animal is either DRT or gives a hop and takes a few steps and goes down.
This bullet is what’s left of a 154 SST from a 7 mag on a pronghorn antelope. Quartering shot was at 200 yards so impact velocity was about 2700 FPS. Bullet hit the shoulder and exited behind the offside shoulder. I saw the pass through impact in the field behind the animal. What I actually saw was the bullet core because the bullet jacket was caught in a rib in the exit wound. Antelope was DRT so I can’t say the bullet failed. They work well on deer and pronghorn. I load Nosler accubond or partitions for bigger game.
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