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<blockquote data-quote="Ian M" data-source="post: 26928" data-attributes="member: 25"><p>Have you considered factory loaded 180 grain Failsafe ammo - we shot a case of it a while back and had superb accuracy all the way out to 1000 yards. Failsafes are very reliable game bullets on tough critters.</p><p>Otherwise I would use a bonded bullet and there are lots of good ones. I have dropped some pretty big hogs with 165 Trophy Bonded bullets, and also 180 Swift Sciroccos with excellent success.</p><p>Today I shot the following bullets into a heavy clay medium to compare expansion and penetration: Swift Scirocco, Swift A-Frame, Speer Trophy Bonded, Remington Core-lokt Ultra, Hornady Interbond, SST and standard interlocks. I shot a .308 Win. into large blocks of moisture-saturated clay at 100 and 200 yards. Which were best - **** good question. </p><p>Let's just say that the non-bonded bullets did not retain nearly as much weight, the jackets parted from the cores and they did not penetrate like the bonded bullets. I believe that they would have killed a deer but might have gone to hell on a tougher critter (like a hog's shoulder).</p><p>For the money the Hornady Interbond is going to be very difficult to beat - it is a significant improvement over the SST in accuracy and weight retension. </p><p>Nosler's Accubond is a beautiful bullet that shoots great and retains a very high percentage of its initial weight. In .30 cal it is only available in 200 grain so far, but that would work in your WSM although I would prefer something a little lighter.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ian M, post: 26928, member: 25"] Have you considered factory loaded 180 grain Failsafe ammo - we shot a case of it a while back and had superb accuracy all the way out to 1000 yards. Failsafes are very reliable game bullets on tough critters. Otherwise I would use a bonded bullet and there are lots of good ones. I have dropped some pretty big hogs with 165 Trophy Bonded bullets, and also 180 Swift Sciroccos with excellent success. Today I shot the following bullets into a heavy clay medium to compare expansion and penetration: Swift Scirocco, Swift A-Frame, Speer Trophy Bonded, Remington Core-lokt Ultra, Hornady Interbond, SST and standard interlocks. I shot a .308 Win. into large blocks of moisture-saturated clay at 100 and 200 yards. Which were best - **** good question. Let's just say that the non-bonded bullets did not retain nearly as much weight, the jackets parted from the cores and they did not penetrate like the bonded bullets. I believe that they would have killed a deer but might have gone to hell on a tougher critter (like a hog's shoulder). For the money the Hornady Interbond is going to be very difficult to beat - it is a significant improvement over the SST in accuracy and weight retension. Nosler's Accubond is a beautiful bullet that shoots great and retains a very high percentage of its initial weight. In .30 cal it is only available in 200 grain so far, but that would work in your WSM although I would prefer something a little lighter. [/QUOTE]
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