Post by: black hog on July 01, 2018, 06:50:56 PM
Post by: black hog on July 01, 2018, 07:14:43 PM
Post by: Karl Blanchard on July 01, 2018, 07:15:18 PM
I haven’t shot an elk with the SST but quite a few deer with them. My experience was the opposite having them expand drastically, one exploded on a spine shot, one had jacket/core separation, found another fully mushroomed but intact still. I like accubonds but will be trying the ELD-X I’ve heard good things.I think you missed the muzzleloader part :chuckle:
Post by: Sabotloader on July 01, 2018, 07:16:06 PM
Im pretty new to muzzy elk 2 years and have taken 2 bulls been shooting Hornady 250 grain SST bullet i know it kills them but had to shoot both bulls twice and recovered bullets with little to no expansion so hoping you more experienced guys have some better experience thanks Jeff
What was the range of your shots? Should also ask powder load? How far did they penetrate into the animal? Pointy bullets not the option I would choose from a muzzleloader, even though they are the choice of a lot ML hunters coming from a center fire rifle to a ML. BC is not that big of a deal in 200 yards - impact and 'Terminal Performance' IS!
And the last question are you looking for a better bullet than the SST - becuase they are certainly out there!
Post by: Karl Blanchard on July 01, 2018, 07:16:40 PM
Post by: Duckslayer89 on July 01, 2018, 07:19:41 PM
I haven’t shot an elk with the SST but quite a few deer with them. My experience was the opposite having them expand drastically, one exploded on a spine shot, one had jacket/core separation, found another fully mushroomed but intact still. I like accubonds but will be trying the ELD-X I’ve heard good things.I think you missed the muzzleloader part :chuckle:
Lol damnit I did my bad!!!
Post by: black hog on July 01, 2018, 07:23:45 PM
Im pretty new to muzzy elk 2 years and have taken 2 bulls been shooting Hornady 250 grain SST bullet i know it kills them but had to shoot both bulls twice and recovered bullets with little to no expansion so hoping you more experienced guys have some better experience thanks Jeff
What was the range of your shots? Should also ask powder load? How far did they penetrate into the animal? Pointy bullets not the option I would choose from a muzzleloader, even though they are the choice of a lot ML hunters coming from a center fire rifle to a ML. BC is not that big of a deal in 200 yards - impact and 'Terminal Performance' IS!
And the last question are you looking for a better bullet than the SST - becuase they are certainly out there!
First bull right at 200 yards second bull about 60 yards im shooting 110 grains of triple 7
And definitely looking for a better elk bullet
Post by: black hog on July 01, 2018, 07:28:31 PM
Post by: DeerThug on July 01, 2018, 07:56:06 PM
But bottom line find what works out of your gun and if you can get it into the lungs or vitals it will work and really does not matter
Post by: black hog on July 01, 2018, 07:59:22 PM
My group of buddies tried the sst and had the same experience. Never again
What bullets are you guys using now??
Post by: Dan-o on July 01, 2018, 08:12:40 PM
Absolutely devastating wound channel.
Of course, any decent muzzy bullet thru the heart/lungs should kill any elk quickly. They are tough. They aren't magical.
Post by: bkaech on July 01, 2018, 08:51:02 PM
Post by: reelamin on July 01, 2018, 11:12:15 PM
Im pretty new to muzzy elk 2 years and have taken 2 bulls been shooting Hornady 250 grain SST bullet i know it kills them but had to shoot both bulls twice and recovered bullets with little to no expansion so hoping you more experienced guys have some better experience thanks Jeff
What was the range of your shots? Should also ask powder load? How far did they penetrate into the animal? Pointy bullets not the option I would choose from a muzzleloader, even though they are the choice of a lot ML hunters coming from a center fire rifle to a ML. BC is not that big of a deal in 200 yards - impact and 'Terminal Performance' IS!
And the last question are you looking for a better bullet than the SST - becuase they are certainly out there!
Post by: usmc74 on July 03, 2018, 03:20:52 PM
Perfect 6 petal mushroom
Post by: Sabotloader on July 03, 2018, 06:17:08 PM
A Lehigh .425x265 CF bullet. It really comes very close to matching the Terminal Performance of the brass .458's. But the real advantage for you there are 3 different thicknesses of sabots for a 45cal x 50.
(https://s26.postimg.cc/pjkwvjkxl/265_Misc_Pics.jpg)
This ballistic was computed shooting 120 gr. T7-2f - but using 120gr by Vol. of BH209 will add another 50-75 FPS to the velocity of the bullet.
(https://s26.postimg.cc/e9erxprnd/452x265_HP.jpg)
But!!! Got to admit a lot of people like Barnes... I tried them for a while in my centerfire days but ened up switching to Nosler Partitions which for me gave better overall and all-around results....
In the beginning I was using Nosler Partitions even for ML hunting - then along came the Lehigh creation - first the Bloodlines and now the all copper CF bullets.
And as mention they a completly different theory of operation (developed in Germany) than the normal mushrooming bullet.