Rem700CDLSF3006
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has anyone used these for deer and if so how did they work
The norm is a rather small entry wound, an aprox 6" shotgun like pattern of bullet fragments lodged in the offside rib cage and a 1.5-2" exit
I also load them in my 30 calibers but have yet to try them on deer.
Exactly, BTs (and the SSTs) cause traumatic wounding through CXP2 class game, but the tradeoff is less then stellar penetration on larger game making them very much a deer/pronghorn bullet, but darn near perfect for that role assuming you want a very wide wound tract.I have been using Hornady 165 gr SST with 43.4 grains of IMR 4895 with excellent results. The expansion is impressive on light skinned game. I agree with previous comments that this is not a good choice if you are looking for some serious penetration.