10 December 2004, 08:20
HTDUCKRe: Regular Hornady Spire PT's vs the newer SST's ?
Mark I have not tried the SSTs at all but have shot lots of Hornady BTSPs at game and exactly 4 NBTs.I have had one failure of a NBT on a deer (this past Saturday as a matter of fact)but I have never recovered a Hornady bullet from a deer.The NBT bullets give me great groups out of every rifle I've tried them in but a bullet failure and a possible lost crippled animal is not something I can live with.Even a 25% failure rate on game is too high in my opinion.Will I still shoot NBTs?Sure at paper no problem,but on big game never again.
You might wanna try the Hornady Boattail Spire point for it's higher BC,but like dad always said:If it ain't broke,don't fix it.
Howard
P.S.I did find the deer I shot last weekend,it was a two hundred yard tracking job through a creekbottom thicket in the dark though.
10 December 2004, 07:25
grk40x40The interlocks are a very good bullet for deer. On broadside shots i've always gotten pass throughs with 150s in my 30/06. I've recently switched to 165s because i found them to be much more accurate in my gun. I've only recovered one 150 and it was a quartering towards shot that went through neck and bounced off far shoulder and went into the guts.
Greg
10 December 2004, 07:37
Mark in GAThanks Guys for the responses.
If the SST's truely duplicate the Nosler BT's then I think I'll pass. I have tried BT's in the past and they seemed to be overly destructive to me. At least at the ranges I generally take deer.
Sounds like the SST's aren't really an upgrade for the application I am using. I know the new Interbonds are said to be quite tough giving pass throughs from most any angle on deer.
Would they be a better choice for me compared to the Spire Points?
Are they worth the double cost figure compared to the Spire Points?
Maybe I just need to keep right on shooting my old standby.
Later,
Mark in GA