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The 25 sst...up and running
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<blockquote data-quote="CA48" data-source="post: 1774029" data-attributes="member: 21446"><p>Went out this morning and at first light spotted a decent buck feeding. I watched him for about 20min. After looking him over in the spotter for a few min I set up for the shot. Laying prone I ranged him at 638yd a few times just to make sure because the lay of the land was dead flat. The wind was 2-3mph from 9cl I dialed 9.5 up and .5L. Once he got steady feeding broadside I sent it. Impact seemed immediate and he dropped. I cycled another round watching him through the scope. Within seconds I saw him roll over and try to get up and I knew I had spined him. So I sent another one that center punched his shoulder putting him down. </p><p></p><p>Im thinking on the first shot I didn't get that heavy load I usually do on my bipod due to shooting in the loose sand. But anyways I had opened up the tips on the blackjacks this time with a .041" bit and expansion was much better than when I shot my boar with the bullet in stock form. Looked similar to the performance of the Berger 6.5 140vld h's this time. The lungs had 1.5" hole in them and the exit was close to an inch. Upon entrance the bullet went between the ribs. I think Il open up the rest of them with a .036" bit though because it's a little easier to drill them out. Still very pleased so far with the 25SST and the 131 ACE's.</p><p></p><p>Impact velocity: 2408fps</p><p>Impact energy: 1687 ft lbs</p><p>Tof: .688</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]161883[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CA48, post: 1774029, member: 21446"] Went out this morning and at first light spotted a decent buck feeding. I watched him for about 20min. After looking him over in the spotter for a few min I set up for the shot. Laying prone I ranged him at 638yd a few times just to make sure because the lay of the land was dead flat. The wind was 2-3mph from 9cl I dialed 9.5 up and .5L. Once he got steady feeding broadside I sent it. Impact seemed immediate and he dropped. I cycled another round watching him through the scope. Within seconds I saw him roll over and try to get up and I knew I had spined him. So I sent another one that center punched his shoulder putting him down. Im thinking on the first shot I didn’t get that heavy load I usually do on my bipod due to shooting in the loose sand. But anyways I had opened up the tips on the blackjacks this time with a .041” bit and expansion was much better than when I shot my boar with the bullet in stock form. Looked similar to the performance of the Berger 6.5 140vld h’s this time. The lungs had 1.5” hole in them and the exit was close to an inch. Upon entrance the bullet went between the ribs. I think Il open up the rest of them with a .036” bit though because it’s a little easier to drill them out. Still very pleased so far with the 25SST and the 131 ACE’s. Impact velocity: 2408fps Impact energy: 1687 ft lbs Tof: .688 [ATTACH=full]161883[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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