wdallis
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Just bought a box of 150 grain hornady sst for my .270 winchester. Would like to get some feedback on this ammo if any one has ever used them?
Are the Hornady SST 150gr bullets good
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Funshooter45
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I have shot a whole bunch of the 130 gr SST in my .270 WSM with excellent accuracy. I have shot quite a few of the 140 gr SST in the same rifle with excellent results as well. I only recently bought some of the 150 gr SST but haven't had a chance to develop loads with them yet. I have every reason to believe they should be just as good though. They actually seem to give better accuracy than what I get with the more expensive Combined Technology bullets in that rifle. I haven't shot an elk yet with the SST, but I did shoot a deer a couple years ago with the 130 gr SST and it performed very well.
cheygriz
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If they're made by Hornady, they're good! 
Funshooter45
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It is kind of funny sometimes when you look at the price of different bullets versus their actual performance. I started out using Hornady and Sierra bullets because they were cheap and I figured they would work as I got more comfortable with different powders and loading techniques for my various rifles. I'm not a serious target shooter by any means, but I have had excellent results with both Hornady and Sierra cheap bullets. And they have worked very well on game too. I hear great things about the performance of good ole Remington Core Lokt bullets too and they are fairly cheap. I have experimented a bit with the more expensive bullets, but as far as accuracy goes, I just don't see any big difference.
I'll stick with the Hornady and Sierras until I see a good reason to switch.
I'll stick with the Hornady and Sierras until I see a good reason to switch.
BsChoy
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They are very much worth the money....accuracy is usually very good to great and they don't seem finicky to me
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I shoot 130 sst's in my .270 win with great results on whitetails. They do not go far. Vitals are usually turned to liquid.
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snuffy
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The Hornady SST is Hornadies answer to the nosler Ballistic tip. Both are cup&core hollow point bullets with a polycarbonate tip in them. The tip helps initiate expansion, they work quite well, all TOO well. The SST is an interlock bullet, the ring at the base is SUPPOSED to hold onto the lead core to limit the tendency of the core to come loose from the jacket. It doesn't work!
I used this bullet in several rifles. a 300 WSM, a 7mm-08 and a couple of .280's. In every case when Wisconsin whitetails were shot, the core went on through, the jacket was just under the skin on the opposite side. Bloodshot meat around the wound, and lead shrapnel all along the bullets path.
I'll qualify that by saying, the deer were DRT, dead right there. Effective, yes, optimal, no.
As for what happened to that target, you dropped one low and left. One target is not a good test for any load. Ten targets might be. By asking that question, you're saying everything else was perfect when you let-off the shot. Somehow the bullet wasn't accurate? I've been shooting for 55 years, even I pull a shot once in a range session. Shoot some more before jumping to conclusions.
I used this bullet in several rifles. a 300 WSM, a 7mm-08 and a couple of .280's. In every case when Wisconsin whitetails were shot, the core went on through, the jacket was just under the skin on the opposite side. Bloodshot meat around the wound, and lead shrapnel all along the bullets path.
I'll qualify that by saying, the deer were DRT, dead right there. Effective, yes, optimal, no.
As for what happened to that target, you dropped one low and left. One target is not a good test for any load. Ten targets might be. By asking that question, you're saying everything else was perfect when you let-off the shot. Somehow the bullet wasn't accurate? I've been shooting for 55 years, even I pull a shot once in a range session. Shoot some more before jumping to conclusions.
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snuffy and I are on the same page regarding the SST. It is fine for very small game like antelope, but I quit using them for deer after one trip to Wyoming several years ago and had exactly what he said happen on a mulie buck. The deer was dead within a couple bounds of where he got hit, but the bullet blew up and the resulting wound was nasty. I went to their BTSPs in both my 25-06 and 30-06 for antelope and deer, respectively, and have nothing but praise for them. I go to their Interbond for elk and it is just as good with the penetration needed on that size animal before maximum expansion takes place. I would strongly suggest that the SST NOT be used on elk in any caliber or you will be risking a lost animal. Hornady doesn't even recommend them for the bigger animals!!!
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I can vouch for the SST bullet in .270, .300 Mag, and .25-06 on deer. Never had a single problem with over expansion or core seperation on any of the deer I've taken with those three calibers.
If you wanna talk tough game, I don't have any experience with an SST rifle bullet, but I've got a lot of experience with SST muzzleloader sabots being used on wild hogs. Me and my old man shoot SST sabots in our T/C Encores and between the two of us, we've taken 6 good sized hogs. There are a lot of people who could consider a hog to be a pretty tough animal. While not being considered "large game", they do have a lot of the same characteristics. The effectiveness of the Hornady SST sabot on hogs is the ONLY reason that I started switching my rifles over to the bullet. Those SST sabots on the hogs turned into a wicked looking mushroom. Only one of the slugs that we recovered wasn't a pristine example of a mushroom, and it only fragmented a tiny bit and broke the tip off of one of the jagged points.
If you wanna talk tough game, I don't have any experience with an SST rifle bullet, but I've got a lot of experience with SST muzzleloader sabots being used on wild hogs. Me and my old man shoot SST sabots in our T/C Encores and between the two of us, we've taken 6 good sized hogs. There are a lot of people who could consider a hog to be a pretty tough animal. While not being considered "large game", they do have a lot of the same characteristics. The effectiveness of the Hornady SST sabot on hogs is the ONLY reason that I started switching my rifles over to the bullet. Those SST sabots on the hogs turned into a wicked looking mushroom. Only one of the slugs that we recovered wasn't a pristine example of a mushroom, and it only fragmented a tiny bit and broke the tip off of one of the jagged points.
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That's good info to know Olympus. Deer and elk hunters don't get to shoot nearly as many animals as hog hunters do, so those first hand experiences mean a lot. Yeah, maybe a hog doesn't weigh as much as a bull elk, but in terms of penetrating tough hide, bones, and a lot of flesh, I would say a hog gives a pretty good indication of performance on other large game.
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Here's why not to use the SST.
This is a mid sized 2 Y.O. whitetail buck, shot with a 7 mag, a 154 SST. This is the back side, what I'm pointing to is what SHOULD be the exit wound. You can see the bullet core just under the skin.
This is the entrance wound, you can see it's a bit too far forward, deer was trotting @ about 50 yards from the shooter.
What I'm holding is the empty jacket. It was found UNDER the shoulder blade. For some reason I didn't get a picture of the core which was outside the shoulder, just under the skin.
This is the entrance side of the animal, you can see the massive bloodshot area even on the entrance side. I don't know about anybody else, but I don't like eating bloodshot meat. I want to eat right up to the wound cavity. AND I want an exit wound, every time, no matter where I hit 'em. I also don't like shards of lead in my meat.
Buy and shoot what you want, it's still a free country. But there's better bullets out there, I've switched to the Hornady interbond myself.
This is a mid sized 2 Y.O. whitetail buck, shot with a 7 mag, a 154 SST. This is the back side, what I'm pointing to is what SHOULD be the exit wound. You can see the bullet core just under the skin.
This is the entrance wound, you can see it's a bit too far forward, deer was trotting @ about 50 yards from the shooter.
What I'm holding is the empty jacket. It was found UNDER the shoulder blade. For some reason I didn't get a picture of the core which was outside the shoulder, just under the skin.
This is the entrance side of the animal, you can see the massive bloodshot area even on the entrance side. I don't know about anybody else, but I don't like eating bloodshot meat. I want to eat right up to the wound cavity. AND I want an exit wound, every time, no matter where I hit 'em. I also don't like shards of lead in my meat.
Buy and shoot what you want, it's still a free country. But there's better bullets out there, I've switched to the Hornady interbond myself.
i use the 162gr sst in my 7mm mag and get good groups and all the deer ive shot with them never took a step but they did destroy some meat...may wanna try neck shots. but the group you posted definetly isnt the best you can get with them...play with the oal and charge untill you get one big hole. by the way on deer im not gettin pass-throughs either. recovered one bullet it only weighed about 45gr. hope this helps
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