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SST and Balistic Tips on deer. A good choice?
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<blockquote data-quote="RT2506" data-source="post: 456288" data-attributes="member: 10178"><p>If you check out the Nosler web-site you will see them state that the hunting Ballistic Tips need to be under 3100 fps for them to work like they were designed.</p><p> I have killed in excess of 75 white tail deer with ballistic tips over the years. When they first came out the jacket was too thin and the bullet would blow up. 30-06 150 gr bt at 2900 fps 100 to 200 yards would go in and really come apart on a behind the shoulder shot. I stopped using them for a while because the deer would run off a ways and there was NO BLOOD TRAIL. They bled inside. I heard that Nosler changed the bullet and I tried them again. THEY WORKED. I have used them in different calibers and mostly try to take a shoulder shot either going in or exiting. Many times inside 200 yards if you start the bullet out at 3000 to 3100 fps it will not exit on broadside through both shoulders shots but will find the jacket of the bullet just under the hide on the off side. Beyond 200 yards where the bullet has slowed down some it will exit most of the time. The .308 125 gr Nosler ballistic tip if kept under 3100 fps muzzle velocity is a real deer hammer. My 30-30AI Contender 14" barrel pistol loves them. At 2670 fps they just DRT deer. I have shot around 30 deer with the 125 BT in three different caliber rifles and pistols and I have not had but two even take a step after taking one. Those did not go more than three jumps before they were down for the count. I have never used the SST. My buddy tried some in his 25-06 117 gr and could tell no difference in them and the 117 SP interlock. They killed deer just fine. </p><p></p><p>For those who disdain the damage done to the shoulders from a ballistic tip don't shoot them in the shoulder. Most any high velocity bullet hitting the shoulder bone of a deer is going to really mess it up. But if you don't want to trail a deer shoot it in the center to a little high of dead center on the front shoulder and most of the time the only trailing you will do is with your eyes watching it bounce when it hits the ground.</p><p></p><p>I have found that if you are going to be pushing a bullet over 3100 fps then the Noselr Accubond is the one you want. I have been using the 130 gr in my 264 Win mag at 3350 fps and as close as 80 yards it went in one shoulder and exit out the other with a 25 cent piece size exit and deer was DRT. I have killed 5 deer with this set up from 80 to 250 yards and all were DRT. I did recover one bullet from a big buck shot at 111 yards. It was almost facing me and I placed the bullet on the edge of it's left front shoulder and when cutting up the meat I found the bullet in the right ham. Text book mushroom and weight was 87 grs.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RT2506, post: 456288, member: 10178"] If you check out the Nosler web-site you will see them state that the hunting Ballistic Tips need to be under 3100 fps for them to work like they were designed. I have killed in excess of 75 white tail deer with ballistic tips over the years. When they first came out the jacket was too thin and the bullet would blow up. 30-06 150 gr bt at 2900 fps 100 to 200 yards would go in and really come apart on a behind the shoulder shot. I stopped using them for a while because the deer would run off a ways and there was NO BLOOD TRAIL. They bled inside. I heard that Nosler changed the bullet and I tried them again. THEY WORKED. I have used them in different calibers and mostly try to take a shoulder shot either going in or exiting. Many times inside 200 yards if you start the bullet out at 3000 to 3100 fps it will not exit on broadside through both shoulders shots but will find the jacket of the bullet just under the hide on the off side. Beyond 200 yards where the bullet has slowed down some it will exit most of the time. The .308 125 gr Nosler ballistic tip if kept under 3100 fps muzzle velocity is a real deer hammer. My 30-30AI Contender 14" barrel pistol loves them. At 2670 fps they just DRT deer. I have shot around 30 deer with the 125 BT in three different caliber rifles and pistols and I have not had but two even take a step after taking one. Those did not go more than three jumps before they were down for the count. I have never used the SST. My buddy tried some in his 25-06 117 gr and could tell no difference in them and the 117 SP interlock. They killed deer just fine. For those who disdain the damage done to the shoulders from a ballistic tip don't shoot them in the shoulder. Most any high velocity bullet hitting the shoulder bone of a deer is going to really mess it up. But if you don't want to trail a deer shoot it in the center to a little high of dead center on the front shoulder and most of the time the only trailing you will do is with your eyes watching it bounce when it hits the ground. I have found that if you are going to be pushing a bullet over 3100 fps then the Noselr Accubond is the one you want. I have been using the 130 gr in my 264 Win mag at 3350 fps and as close as 80 yards it went in one shoulder and exit out the other with a 25 cent piece size exit and deer was DRT. I have killed 5 deer with this set up from 80 to 250 yards and all were DRT. I did recover one bullet from a big buck shot at 111 yards. It was almost facing me and I placed the bullet on the edge of it's left front shoulder and when cutting up the meat I found the bullet in the right ham. Text book mushroom and weight was 87 grs. [/QUOTE]
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