Post by: Nilehunter on October 12, 2012, 07:22:46 PM
Post by: yelp on October 12, 2012, 07:26:32 PM
Post by: ribka on October 12, 2012, 07:28:00 PM
I think ok for deer, not elk.
I shoot the GMX Hornady for elk. Elk I shot last year went 15 yds.
Post by: Huntbear on October 12, 2012, 07:37:40 PM
SST's shot great out of my Tikka's but I had the opposite response. Bullet hit and blew up on impact. massive I internal damage. No exit .
I think ok for deer, not elk.
I shoot the GMX Hornady for elk. Elk I shot last year went 15 yds.
That is exactly what happened on the blacktail buck I shot last year... punched paper with the rest of them..
Post by: Russ McDonald on October 12, 2012, 07:42:27 PM
Post by: ribka on October 12, 2012, 07:45:52 PM
I didn't know Tikka had a muzzle loader. :dunno: I hope to shoot my elk in the late season. I am using T/C's hope they work well. I love reading all the things you guys write about stuff. It gives me things to think about before I buy something.
I have some SST's for my knight ml. They shoot well.Have not taken animal withnthem yet.
Post by: Sneaky on October 12, 2012, 07:46:13 PM
Post by: Sabotloader on October 12, 2012, 07:51:29 PM
Although my son took a buck and I took a cow elk this muzzy season, I am not happy with the sst's performance. I bought three boxes before reading posts about them. I was like well we'll try them and see for our selves. Well we found them to be accurate BUT. They pass right through and you do not get much of a blood trail. My son's shot was to the neck so he dropped where he stood and we didn't need a trail. My elk on the other hand a trail would have been nice. I'm leaning toward blood lines. Any thoughts?
I think you will find ths SST is very effective at longer ranges and less effective at the closer ranges where they tend to pencil through, especially deer. Elk with the thicker hide do offer a little more resistance to the bullet and normally you will get better expansion in at elk at close range.
This is really common complaint about the pointy bullets from a ML. At longer ranges the bullet is really accurate and usually performs as you would expect.
I am biased so weigh my thoughts accordingly. I have been shooting the Lehigh/Bloodline for several years and am very happy with them. The bullet works very well from 25 yards to 200 yards. Prior to switching to the Bloodline, I shot Nosler partitions until they quit making the 44-45-458 Nosler Partition bullets. All of these bullets have one thing in common - they offer a larger frontal area on the nose of the bullet which allows them to work faster than a Spire point at ML speeds.
Even using a soft lead conical - their is a reason for the blunt nose...
Post by: colockumelk on October 12, 2012, 10:54:02 PM
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Post by: Nilehunter on October 13, 2012, 07:53:54 AM
Post by: colockumelk on October 13, 2012, 09:36:12 AM
Post by: gadwall on October 14, 2012, 09:42:33 PM
I got both but have been happy with SST's. I haven't hunted with bloodlines for a comparison. But they shoot well out of my gun. Maybe next year. My buck hit the ground and didn't move. I recovered slug and it was perfectly mushroomed. :dunno:
:yeah:
Gadwall
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