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<blockquote data-quote="VinceMule" data-source="post: 2637671" data-attributes="member: 122164"><p>A friend in New Zealand shoots the 95g SST on those very large deer that have there that go 450 lbs and they shoot from mountain to mountain. He claims that the 243 Win with the 95g SST is all the bullet that a guy needs for deer, and they cull a lot of goats also. I bought 500 to try on hogs, also. The 95g SST is obviously a much tougher bullet than we would think.</p><p></p><p>We have killed so many deer and hogs with the 100g BTSP that we have a gut feeling that the cannelure helps lock the core to the jacket to some degree. Our Muzzle velocity is in the area of 2950-3050 fps depending on the barrel and caliber.</p><p></p><p>95g Nosler ballistic tips are very popular here in the South, but whatever you think is BEST is meaningless if you can not get them. 80g Barnes TTSX pushed to 3400-3600 is going a good job here in the 243 Win and 6 Rem respectively, shooting for the off-side shoulder. 95g Nosler partitions were the gold standard for me for a long time in the 6 Rem and 243 Win on the Nebraska and Kansas whitetails that run a minimum of 240 lbs and average shots were in the neighborhood of 250-350 yards in open fields. I could talk about other bullets we used to success but why if NONE are available now or in the foreseeable future?</p><p></p><p>In a 6 XC and 6-6.5/47 Lapua, the Berger 105g VLD Hunting is just an incredible combo, and this is an understatement, near and far. I pushed these to 3300 in a 26", 6 Rem AI with amazing accuracy.</p><p></p><p>What is available right now is the 95g Hornady SST, Hornady 100g BTSP, and some 80g Barnes TTSX. If you root around, you may find some 105g Berger vld hunting for the guys with 8 Twists.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="VinceMule, post: 2637671, member: 122164"] A friend in New Zealand shoots the 95g SST on those very large deer that have there that go 450 lbs and they shoot from mountain to mountain. He claims that the 243 Win with the 95g SST is all the bullet that a guy needs for deer, and they cull a lot of goats also. I bought 500 to try on hogs, also. The 95g SST is obviously a much tougher bullet than we would think. We have killed so many deer and hogs with the 100g BTSP that we have a gut feeling that the cannelure helps lock the core to the jacket to some degree. Our Muzzle velocity is in the area of 2950-3050 fps depending on the barrel and caliber. 95g Nosler ballistic tips are very popular here in the South, but whatever you think is BEST is meaningless if you can not get them. 80g Barnes TTSX pushed to 3400-3600 is going a good job here in the 243 Win and 6 Rem respectively, shooting for the off-side shoulder. 95g Nosler partitions were the gold standard for me for a long time in the 6 Rem and 243 Win on the Nebraska and Kansas whitetails that run a minimum of 240 lbs and average shots were in the neighborhood of 250-350 yards in open fields. I could talk about other bullets we used to success but why if NONE are available now or in the foreseeable future? In a 6 XC and 6-6.5/47 Lapua, the Berger 105g VLD Hunting is just an incredible combo, and this is an understatement, near and far. I pushed these to 3300 in a 26", 6 Rem AI with amazing accuracy. What is available right now is the 95g Hornady SST, Hornady 100g BTSP, and some 80g Barnes TTSX. If you root around, you may find some 105g Berger vld hunting for the guys with 8 Twists. [/QUOTE]
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