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Hornady 125 SST bottom end expansion
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<blockquote data-quote="QuietTexan" data-source="post: 2697139" data-attributes="member: 116181"><p>In my experience the SST comes apart if it hits any bone, so it should expand enough to do the best that it can. If it hits at 1500 FPS I think you'll get as good as it can give.</p><p></p><p>Have you thought about a lighter mono to get more speed and make up for the short barrel? I have a couple XP-100s and shoot 55gn from a 6BR and 85gn from a 6.5 TCU to get velocities up - based on how their big brother bullets have worked for me I have high hopes for them in animals.</p><p></p><p>Since you're using this in a single shot and don't have typical 30-30 tube mag concerns, the Hammer Blackout 101gn, Barnes 110gn TAC-TX, and Cutting Edge 100gn Raptor flat base are purpose-designed 300BLK supersonic bullets that should translate over well to a short barrel 30-30. Very short bearing surfaces designed to get up to speed in 300 BLK pistols, and those commonly come as short as 8" barrels. Those are my plan to try when my 30-30 AI TC barrel comes in.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="QuietTexan, post: 2697139, member: 116181"] In my experience the SST comes apart if it hits any bone, so it should expand enough to do the best that it can. If it hits at 1500 FPS I think you'll get as good as it can give. Have you thought about a lighter mono to get more speed and make up for the short barrel? I have a couple XP-100s and shoot 55gn from a 6BR and 85gn from a 6.5 TCU to get velocities up - based on how their big brother bullets have worked for me I have high hopes for them in animals. Since you're using this in a single shot and don't have typical 30-30 tube mag concerns, the Hammer Blackout 101gn, Barnes 110gn TAC-TX, and Cutting Edge 100gn Raptor flat base are purpose-designed 300BLK supersonic bullets that should translate over well to a short barrel 30-30. Very short bearing surfaces designed to get up to speed in 300 BLK pistols, and those commonly come as short as 8" barrels. Those are my plan to try when my 30-30 AI TC barrel comes in. [/QUOTE]
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