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Anyone used the Hornady 162gr SST for Elk?
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<blockquote data-quote="rooster740" data-source="post: 908008" data-attributes="member: 10582"><p>How many of you experts on this 162 sst have ever shot an elk or similar sized animal with this bullet? It seems to me that there are a lot of negative comments on this bullet from people who have never killed an elk with the 162 sst. </p><p>My dad used them with good results in a 7mm rm for several years under 400 yards from head shots to chest shots on cow elk. If you are a hunter that tries to destroy meat by making poorly placed shoulder shots, then this is not your bullet. He now uses a 270 with 130 tsx.</p><p>This fall I shot a walking (about to get away) cow at 200 yards with an intended "poorly placed" high shoulder shot with a 200 gr nobler ab with a MV of 2900 and was less then impressed with a little 90grain remnant bonded pellet just under the hide on the opposite side, from a bonded bullet.</p><p>I have killed several cows with 100 gr SMK out of a 25-06, heart shots do not get away. Pick your poison, on a chest shot a 162sst is good medicine. </p><p>As a side note yesterday I helped an 87 year old man shoot a wild mature bison and he chest shot it at 20 yards with a 30-06 with a single 165sst bullet to the chest. Went 30 yards, laid down and died in 5 minutes.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rooster740, post: 908008, member: 10582"] How many of you experts on this 162 sst have ever shot an elk or similar sized animal with this bullet? It seems to me that there are a lot of negative comments on this bullet from people who have never killed an elk with the 162 sst. My dad used them with good results in a 7mm rm for several years under 400 yards from head shots to chest shots on cow elk. If you are a hunter that tries to destroy meat by making poorly placed shoulder shots, then this is not your bullet. He now uses a 270 with 130 tsx. This fall I shot a walking (about to get away) cow at 200 yards with an intended "poorly placed" high shoulder shot with a 200 gr nobler ab with a MV of 2900 and was less then impressed with a little 90grain remnant bonded pellet just under the hide on the opposite side, from a bonded bullet. I have killed several cows with 100 gr SMK out of a 25-06, heart shots do not get away. Pick your poison, on a chest shot a 162sst is good medicine. As a side note yesterday I helped an 87 year old man shoot a wild mature bison and he chest shot it at 20 yards with a 30-06 with a single 165sst bullet to the chest. Went 30 yards, laid down and died in 5 minutes. [/QUOTE]
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