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Hornady SST for Long Range Shooting/Hunting?
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<blockquote data-quote="Steves1911" data-source="post: 2258757" data-attributes="member: 113006"><p>I've been using the 117gr 257 to fill our crop damage doe tags. I've had mixed results with 2 clean pass through kills that showed golfball sized exits 1 at 75yds and 1 at 280yds. The third deer was at 325 yds and the bullet came apart on a rib and what was left of jacket and base was stopped on the offside hide. The bullet shredded everything in every direction once it hit that rib and made an absolute mess. Muzzle velocity is 3375 so I really didn't expect them to hold up great at close range and after killing the one so close I was really impressed but after the last one I'm left scratching my head. These deer aren't huge 150lbs or so at best.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Steves1911, post: 2258757, member: 113006"] I've been using the 117gr 257 to fill our crop damage doe tags. I've had mixed results with 2 clean pass through kills that showed golfball sized exits 1 at 75yds and 1 at 280yds. The third deer was at 325 yds and the bullet came apart on a rib and what was left of jacket and base was stopped on the offside hide. The bullet shredded everything in every direction once it hit that rib and made an absolute mess. Muzzle velocity is 3375 so I really didn't expect them to hold up great at close range and after killing the one so close I was really impressed but after the last one I'm left scratching my head. These deer aren't huge 150lbs or so at best. [/QUOTE]
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