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Post by jims on Dec 19, 2010 19:04:06 GMT -5
I have said I currently shoot SSTs. I do and by that I meant the red tips. I also use the yellow tips. They may be constructed/bonded differently. I will add however what the 250 grain yellow tips did today on two yearlings at about 65 yards. My daughter and father each got a deer at about that range. My daughter's was a doulble lung shot with the bullet exiting. The deer went about 100 feet with a blood trail in the snow. My father's hit a lung and broke the opposite leg on exit, the deer picked up its leg and moved like it was just a leg hit. It traveled perhaps 40 to 50 yards with a blood trail a blind man could see. Both exits were not quite a quarter size. I thought the bullets did all that were expected except they the deer traveled further than I would have thought. Not opening up the bullet can of worms, just what occurred but I am looking at Barnes perhaps for next year although I have never lost a deer with the yellow or red tips.
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Post by whyohe on Dec 19, 2010 21:27:17 GMT -5
I beleave those are the bonded T/C Shockwaves. so i dont beleave they expand like the SSTs.
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Post by Dave W on Dec 21, 2010 21:48:16 GMT -5
Congrats to both! What load Jim?
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Post by jims on Dec 21, 2010 23:13:05 GMT -5
I would have to go back to check for sure but I believe it was 43 grains of 4759. They fired after being out doors (the MLs) for over three weeks with temps from 60 to as low as 5 degrees. That day it was about 19 degrees F. as I recall. Rather than bring them in, haul them etc. they are just kept locked in a secure but cold area without primers and usually muzzle down just incase there would be any condensation it would not run down to the powder. The ram rod is used to recheck to make sure the bullet/sabot did not move off the charge. Maybe not the best method but it has worked for years with no misfires even with various powders/bullets/sabots and sabotless. The scopes don't get fogged up coming in and out of the cold either. It is a plan, just not sure if it is the best one but is has worked.
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Post by rossman40 on Dec 21, 2010 23:19:29 GMT -5
The bonded SWs have a blue tip. They are getting more expensive the BOs.
I used the 250gr FTXs this year and it held up well on a double lung hit. 43gr 4759 at 50yds. It was loaded on the 6th and shot on the 18th.
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Post by jims on Dec 22, 2010 19:46:37 GMT -5
Rossman: You are always on top of this stuff.
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Post by esshup on Dec 23, 2010 10:19:46 GMT -5
Yep, the yellow tips are the regular T/C Shockwaves. No different than the Red tip SST's that I can see.
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Dave1
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Post by Dave1 on Dec 24, 2010 7:11:28 GMT -5
Jim
Congratulations to you and yours on the hunt and harvests. Those deer will surely provide excellent table fare.
Just curious, did either of the 250 gr bullets hit bone upon entry?
I too hunt with yellow tip 250 SW's with 43 grains of 4759 and have found the bullets will fragment and usually not exit if bone is hit on entry of a mature size deer. While I would like to have a good exit hole for a "better" blood trail, the 250 SW bullets have been very effective at killing the deer.
Dave
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Post by ozark on Feb 6, 2011 19:18:43 GMT -5
Over and over hunters are surprised at deer that travel a good ways after what appears to be a perfect hit and bullet placement. I don't have the answer. IMO two deer hit exactly the same, at same distance with same bullet would not go down the same.
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