Chestnut Forge
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I always end up with "through and through" wounds with the exception of the 360 yard deer. He went about 20 feet and piled up. The others drop almost instantly. The hog spun and ran 15 yards.
Hornady SST, interlock, and Interbond, Nosler Accubond and Ballistic Tip, are nearly clones of each other with similar performanceQUOTE]
I completely disagree with this assesment. SST and Ballistic tip are pretty much the same thing from different manufacturers. Interlocks and Interbonds have very different construction. I think that Accubonds are just Nosler's version of the Hornady Interbond.
I have always got nearly one hole accuracy with SST's, although I don't use them for hunting white tails at any yardage. I prefer a 140 grn boattail spire point in 270 for huntingbut I have never gotten what I consider acceptable accuracy from a SST.
Please understand, THIS IS A VERY GRAPHIC PICTURE of a buck shot in the neck with a .284, 156 grain SST out of a 7mm Remington Magnum at close range. In the end the results were a tagged filled, but had the shot not been in the upper neck the meat loss may have been catastrophic.
Compare that to my .308 with Interbonds. 4 deer between 30 and 105 yards. 1 head on through the chest, 1 through the head, the other 2 broadside. The 2 broadsides were through and through with typical results and damage. The head on stopped under the skin on the backside.