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Anyone used the Hornady 162gr SST for Elk?
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<blockquote data-quote="Topgun 30-06" data-source="post: 897736" data-attributes="member: 28854"><p>Sorry I didn't get back to this thread quicker. The experience I mentioned happened out in Wyoming with my pre 64 Model 70 in 30-06. I'm 66 and can't shoot past about 350 yards now because my eyes are very bad to the point that my Doc is saying I may need corneal transplants in the future. Anyway, I had used 150 grain Hornady Interbonds on elk with no problem out there and had them with me to fill a cow tag. I had been using their SPs for deer, but decided to try the SSTs out to fill the deer tag I drew. The first night we got there we had less than two hours until dark so I hurried out to get in a quick hunt for deer. I was out for well over an hour and you might know that I ran into a good bunch of elk at less than 150 yards. I had the SSTs in the rifle and when I reached into my pocket to grab an Interbond I found that I had left them at camp. I decided that at less than 150 yards on my tripod that I could drill a good cow with the SSTs and did right through her ribs. All hell broke loose and with animals running and all the dust I lost sight of her and couldn't find any blood when I went to where she had been standing. I called my buddy and we looked until after dark with no luck and had to go back the next morning. It took 3 hours searching the area until we finally found her under a big juniper about 200 yards from where I shot her. When I dressed her out the bullet had completely blown apart and hadn't even fully penetrated the near lung. That lung was torn up enough though that she obviously laid down and bled out, but looked like she had been shot at close range with 00 buckshot! Then a couple days later I had a shot at a medium size mulie at about 125 yards quartering to me, which is a shot I don't like, but had to take it before he got over the hill we were on and out of sight. I put one right on the front of his right shoulder area and he went right down and never twitched. However, when I got up to him he had a hole so big I could put my fist in it. That SST had absolutely exploded after it penetrated a few inches just like on the cow and there was nothing but fragments left when we dressed him out. That was the end of SSTs for me and I tossed them out and have stayed with their SP and BTSPs in all three calibers. I reload 100 grainers in my .243 Sako for antelope, their 117 grainer for my Ruger 25-06 for antelope when it's real windy and once in a while for deer. Most of the time I shoot the Model 70 with 150 grainers for deer and move up to the same weight in their Interbond for elk, as the POI is identical so I don't have to worry about rezeroing. Most of the time the Interbonds will expand well and either be near the skin on the far side or a pass through. All three rifles shoot MOA or less if I do my part and have Leupold scopes on them. From that seaon on I decided I shouldn't have changed what wasn't broken in the first place.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Topgun 30-06, post: 897736, member: 28854"] Sorry I didn't get back to this thread quicker. The experience I mentioned happened out in Wyoming with my pre 64 Model 70 in 30-06. I'm 66 and can't shoot past about 350 yards now because my eyes are very bad to the point that my Doc is saying I may need corneal transplants in the future. Anyway, I had used 150 grain Hornady Interbonds on elk with no problem out there and had them with me to fill a cow tag. I had been using their SPs for deer, but decided to try the SSTs out to fill the deer tag I drew. The first night we got there we had less than two hours until dark so I hurried out to get in a quick hunt for deer. I was out for well over an hour and you might know that I ran into a good bunch of elk at less than 150 yards. I had the SSTs in the rifle and when I reached into my pocket to grab an Interbond I found that I had left them at camp. I decided that at less than 150 yards on my tripod that I could drill a good cow with the SSTs and did right through her ribs. All hell broke loose and with animals running and all the dust I lost sight of her and couldn't find any blood when I went to where she had been standing. I called my buddy and we looked until after dark with no luck and had to go back the next morning. It took 3 hours searching the area until we finally found her under a big juniper about 200 yards from where I shot her. When I dressed her out the bullet had completely blown apart and hadn't even fully penetrated the near lung. That lung was torn up enough though that she obviously laid down and bled out, but looked like she had been shot at close range with 00 buckshot! Then a couple days later I had a shot at a medium size mulie at about 125 yards quartering to me, which is a shot I don't like, but had to take it before he got over the hill we were on and out of sight. I put one right on the front of his right shoulder area and he went right down and never twitched. However, when I got up to him he had a hole so big I could put my fist in it. That SST had absolutely exploded after it penetrated a few inches just like on the cow and there was nothing but fragments left when we dressed him out. That was the end of SSTs for me and I tossed them out and have stayed with their SP and BTSPs in all three calibers. I reload 100 grainers in my .243 Sako for antelope, their 117 grainer for my Ruger 25-06 for antelope when it's real windy and once in a while for deer. Most of the time I shoot the Model 70 with 150 grainers for deer and move up to the same weight in their Interbond for elk, as the POI is identical so I don't have to worry about rezeroing. Most of the time the Interbonds will expand well and either be near the skin on the far side or a pass through. All three rifles shoot MOA or less if I do my part and have Leupold scopes on them. From that seaon on I decided I shouldn't have changed what wasn't broken in the first place. [/QUOTE]
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