139 gr sst bullets

[Thenewguy]

From a 7mm-08. This Hornday load sure put a pounding on this doe!

[jrebel]

do you have a picture of the enterance?  Did you do any cutting on that before the pic.  What rifle / caliber and how far?

[Thenewguy]

The entrance is hardly noticable. I didn't do any cutting in that area but the intestines that blew out of the hole when I shot it might of enlarged the hole by a little bit. I shoot a Sako A7 in 7mm-08. The shot was short 60-80 yards. I didn;t believe it when I shot it

[jrebel]

with a 7mm - 08 that is amazing.  Obviously you hit bone and had expansion, but stillll, that is beyond anything I have ever seen.  I have seen 7mm mags with hand loaded hollow points do less damage than that. 

Though it is impressive and I assume you didn't have to track that deer, I would be hesitant to shoot another deer with that round.  If you ever catch a shoulder you will waste half the deer. 

Thanks for posting and clarifying

[jaymark6655]

That has me thinking that my 180 gr SST in 308 might be too much for a deer.

[HardCorpsHuntr]

I have used them through my 280 at around 3050 fps and don't like the SST performance when they hit bone, even ribs.  I want my bullets to break bone and continue on to do more damage deep within the cavity, especially with an angled impacts.          

[high country]

Sst are violent upsetting bullets, like a berger or sierra smk. You need to be pretty selective on your shots.

[GEARHEAD]

MY 7mm-08 is set up around this round, light mag 139 sst. my scope is set to shoot it to 1000 yards with it, and they are super accurate and very fast. i however knew from the start that this is a bad close range bullet, so i hunt with hornady btsp. if i have a shot at 300 or more yards i slide an sst from my pocket into the gun. i took a buck at 456 yards with that sst, and it went thru both sides and did almost no damage to meat, it was at a slow enough speed to expand slowly and not explode. those tipped bullets have a thin jacket and will explode at high speed, so its limited to only 300 plus on my rifle. i'd recommend sighting in your rifle to the sst for those long shots, then shoot another such as the btsp, see how it patterns and keep those in your gun, and a couple sst bullets in your pocket. besides, this will keep them warm too, for consistent grouping in cold weather at long range.

[high country]

Gearhead, how much difference in cb poi?

[GEARHEAD]

The gun is sighted for the sst light mag, bought ten boxes a while back so as to have the same lot.  the btsp which i carry in the gun while hunting are off by about almost an inch at 100 yrds. close enough for me not to even think about that while dropping to the stix for a quick shot even out 250 yrds.   nothing fancy about the gun, except the lonewolf thumb howler stock.just a standard ss 700.

[tsimp1211]

Doe was shot in the neck with a Hornady Superformance 139gr SST 7MM-08.  Pretty nast neck wound.

[RClare1223]

I have no had a problem with them in my 270.im shooting 150gr with 49.5gr of 4350.i killed my bull with this round and it zipped through both shoulder blades with minimal meat loss.it was a 75yrd shot.the buck i killed this year was shot right below the left eye and the bullet went out the back of his skull and didnt come apart at all.in fact im doing a shoulder mount on that buck.that shot was 137yrds

[Huntbear]

Shot a little crab clawed forky this weekend with my .257.  Using 117 gr. SST bullets at about 50 yds.  Will not shoot another one.
Hit him in the ribs quartering away from me.  Exploded his liver, no exit wound, blood shot all up and down one side and up into the backstrap... ugly, ugly ugly... but, the buck did fall over without taking another step.  However, the bullet was completelly fragmented.

[ribka]

Sst are violent upsetting bullets, like a berger or sierra smk. You need to be pretty selective on your shots.

X2 Have shot 2 deer and when bullets hit bone they exploded and did not exit both times. Tiny fragments throughout body cavity. Both deer died immediatedly though. Massive damage and meat loss. Accurate bullet though

[GEARHEAD]

I can only speak to the 139 sst, its a super good highly accurate bullet at long range, and best when arriving at the ribs at slower speed,  which allows it to expand and penetrate more effectively with minimal damage to meat. thats why i only shoot it beyond 300.