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Thoughts on SST's(long)
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<blockquote data-quote="rost495" data-source="post: 29778" data-attributes="member: 1768"><p><strong>Re: Thoughts on SST\'s(long)</strong></p><p></p><p>Hey heres an interesting one for everyone while we are on bullet performance. 145 pound WT buck. Broadside 113 yards. 30 cal Sierra 165 BTSP at 2847 fps. Shot hits 6th rib from front going in about mid height, hits 7th rib going out. Both holes 30 cal in size. This bullet normally expands in my buddies rifle and on this size deer. (can not get X bullets to shoot in this rifle) Deer is knocked down(probably mostly a slip from the surprise) and leaves a few spots of lung blood. We searched(5 folks) for over 6 hours for that buck. Assumed it was lost. It appears 2 weeks later non the worse for wear. Its shot in the head so we know exactly what happened from the first shot. A bit of cartilage type tissue forming in one lung but nothing much of anything else. Deer did not have fever. Did not indicate having been hit before. </p><p></p><p>Its one of those things where the shot was in the right place but we thought we failed in our tracking job. I've seen it once before with a 45 ACP ball round through the lungs of a spike. Killed about a week later non the worse for wear.</p><p></p><p>Even though I said I woulnd't get into the bullet part, I guess I lied. And I don't doubt anyone of you a bit, but the only bullet I"ve seen that has performed exactly the way its advertised and been lethal every time its shot from Africa to Alaska, Canada and the US is the family of FS and especially the X bullet(if you have a rifle that will shoot them)</p><p></p><p>Sorry to have gotten into stirring folks up too much.</p><p></p><p>Jeff</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rost495, post: 29778, member: 1768"] [b]Re: Thoughts on SST\'s(long)[/b] Hey heres an interesting one for everyone while we are on bullet performance. 145 pound WT buck. Broadside 113 yards. 30 cal Sierra 165 BTSP at 2847 fps. Shot hits 6th rib from front going in about mid height, hits 7th rib going out. Both holes 30 cal in size. This bullet normally expands in my buddies rifle and on this size deer. (can not get X bullets to shoot in this rifle) Deer is knocked down(probably mostly a slip from the surprise) and leaves a few spots of lung blood. We searched(5 folks) for over 6 hours for that buck. Assumed it was lost. It appears 2 weeks later non the worse for wear. Its shot in the head so we know exactly what happened from the first shot. A bit of cartilage type tissue forming in one lung but nothing much of anything else. Deer did not have fever. Did not indicate having been hit before. Its one of those things where the shot was in the right place but we thought we failed in our tracking job. I've seen it once before with a 45 ACP ball round through the lungs of a spike. Killed about a week later non the worse for wear. Even though I said I woulnd't get into the bullet part, I guess I lied. And I don't doubt anyone of you a bit, but the only bullet I"ve seen that has performed exactly the way its advertised and been lethal every time its shot from Africa to Alaska, Canada and the US is the family of FS and especially the X bullet(if you have a rifle that will shoot them) Sorry to have gotten into stirring folks up too much. Jeff [/QUOTE]
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