300BO vs 300SST

[kudzu]

How much differance between the two, on game performance, accuracy, etc. adverticed BC for sst 250 and 291 BO. Hope to find accuracy load between 2300-2400

[dougedwards]

At those speeds you are going to have a demolished deer with either one. The BO has a better ballistic coefficient and should be more accurate at distances in excess of 200 yards.

Doug

[tar12]

The BO will not blow up at close ranges.It is easier to tune and will group better @300yds from my personal experience.On the old board there was a picture of what a 300 grn SST did up close on a deer. The deer was hit high and a very large section of the backbone along with ribs were gone! Biggest crater I ever seen in a deer!It looked as if a bomb had went off.

[Chris Champion]

I've set up two Savages with these bullets at these speeds. My 50 cal Savage load shot the 300 BO at 2400 fps and my cousins Savage shoots the 300 SST at a little over 2300. Both are worthy 300 yd bullets at that speed. The BC of the BO is overstated at .290 at least from my experience with it. It's more in the .250 range at the speed I was shooting it. The BO will not demolish a deer. I've only shot 6 deer with the BO but all were pass throughs, (either double high shoulder shots or through the the ribs), and the BO is tough enough that you dont get alot of meat damage. Even if it pencils through the ribs there is still a .458 dia hole and no deer will live very long with that size a hole through their lungs. Never shot a deer with a 300 SST moving that fast.

With either of those bullets you should find an accurate load as long as you choose the right sabot for your barrel. The only thing I have to say against the BO is that they are expensive and sometimes hard to get. Tar12 buys them all...

[tar12]

Chris there should be a few more BOs available this year as I will be stocking up 195 grainers as well... ;D

[wilmsmeyer]

Difference should be minimal in trajectory when fired at the same speed. Terminally the BO should shine up close and the 300 SST will get the job done everywhere with more fragging and blast damage

[zakjak221]

IMO the BO will have better weight retention & less fragmentation. They are more costly though.

Bullet Placement + Exit Wound = Blood trail & Dead Deer!!

Mark

[boarhog]

If the BOs were $10.00 each, that would still be the least expensive, and possibly the most important, part of your hunt.
BH

[dougedwards]

Each whitetail that I have shot with ANY 300 grain bullet has gone straight down and I shoot them at around 2400 fps. I also have not experienced extreme fragmentation with the 300 gr SST in the way it's 250 grain counterpart would but I have not hit major bone either. The SST shot almost as accurately out to 150 yards for me using 72 grains of Allliant 10x. In my opinion it is a toss up with either bullet very capable of doing it's job. The 300 grain XTP also shot very well from my 50 cal but all of them bruise the shoulder when shot fast.

Doug

[cfvickers]

In any bullet, if you are using a 300 grain for ML hunting I would think I would want it to shoot as flat as possible and not come apart. I have no experience with the 300 grain SST but if you are going to have to risk it coming apart at close range I would have to pass on it and go with the BO.

[trooper1]

Do not rule out the remington 45/70 300gr bullet. My savage shoots this bullet better than the sst or bo and I have to do a chin up on the ramrod to get the bo down the barrel. It also held up really well on a Kansas buck last week.

[Richard]

The reason the Barnes Original goes down tighter is that it is .458" where the Remington is .457"
Richard

[12ptdroptine]

I flynch just reading about 300 gr bullets