Hi all,

Looking for a little information.

I keep hearing that Hornady revamped the SST bullet someone along the line to make it a little more robust.

I have a box I need to start using and don't know their manufacture date and trying to figure if they are of the old type or the new type.

They are .308 150 grain SST.

I purchased them from an individual so I don't know the story of their life.

It says they are a Lot#2211985 and also has L6412A on the box.

Does anyone know how to decipher that information and determine their age?

Also, is there any truth to the bullets composition being changed at some point and when would that have happened?

How would I tell if these are before or after?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Call or email Hornady. They will know for sure and you'll get a quick, if not immediate response.

Perry

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Originally posted by perry:
Call or email Hornady. They will know for sure and you'll get a quick, if not immediate response.

Perry

From Hornady,

Thank you for your email. The date of manufacture for those bullets was November of 2021. They are a great bullet for hunting but do not match the weight retention of the Interbonds. We have not made any type of change to that bullets design as there has been no need to.

MR

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I have a box I need to start using and don't know their manufacture date and trying to figure if they are of the old type or the new type.

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The date of manufacture for those bullets was November of 2021

Might be interesting to know.

But why it it matter.

You do realize there is a difference between the INTERBOND and the INTERLOC!

Hip

There are a few reviews and anecdotes online re the SST bullet being re-vamped to make it a little less expansive however looking at dates of the various posts, there doesn't seem to be any correlation that would indicate that after a certain date the SST was a more robust bullet.

I have seen the .308 165gr SST projectile loaded in a 300 Win Mag successfully take big bull tahr at various ranges, some very long, and my three sons have all taken tahr and red deer with the 139gr SST in their 7mm-08 rifles. One son using the Hornady Superformance factory ammo doing 2900fps MV in his 22" barreled 7mm-08 and the other two boys use reloads giving the same bullet a MV of 2884fps in their 22" barreled rifles.

Often the SST bullets are recovered, other times not but in all cases the animals are anchored with a well placed shot.

7mm 139gr SST recovered from a bull tahr at 200m+, one shot kill through shoulders. Lead core loose in jacket but lot of damage done.

I shot the 150gr Interbonds in my 308 Win when they first introduced them, early/mid 2000s if I recall correctly. On whitetail deer at ranges of 100-200 yards, I didn't have great luck with them. Shot several through the shoulder, ran off leaving little to no blood trail. A couple I found by pure luck. Bullet appeared to just pencil through with minimal expansion. That said, all were within 100 yards of where I shot them. I switched to 150gr SSTs and NBTs and haven't had an issue with them.

Look on the bright side, duurmeehre: be thankful you haven't got old Accubonds. By the time I got to mine, half the plastic tips had broken off in the box.

Yes the tips tend to come offof a few of them, but the good part is they still work as intended, and they are a great bullet with or without the tips, not even a change in POI or their performance on game, use those to sight it and for varmints if you must, but mine worked on deer and elk..I suspect Nosler will fix that problem soonest..