Is the Hornady SST a good hunting bullet?

Flat shooting and deadly accurate, it’s an ideal bullet for whitetails, as well as most North American game animals from antelope to moose and similar-sized African plains game. The SST® creates a devastatingly large wound channel.

What is an SST bullet?

Hornady® SST® Bullets (Super Shock Tip) are premium hunting bullets designed to shoot flat and hit hard. The bullet’s polymer tip increases the ballistic coefficient for flatter trajectory, and the tip pushes back into the lead core upon impact to initiate rapid expansion, even at long rage.

Is the Hornady SST bonded?

Just to be clear, the SST bullet IS a cup and core bullet. It’s not bonded.

Is 308 enough for elk?

308 is inadequate for elk at any range. But the extra velocity of the magnum only lasts about 100 yards. By the time a factory-loaded 180-grain spitzer travels 100 yards, it’s down to around 2,700 fps.

Is the Hornady SST a bonded bullet?

Why is there a shortage of Hornady ammo?

The current political climate has caused extremely high demand on all shooting industry products, including ours.

Is Hornady going out of business?

Hornady Manufacturing Company is still in full operation and will endeavor to conduct business as usual through the coronavirus crisis. We are committed to keep production going during this situation. We encourage our partners and vendors to continue to supply our operations.

What is superperformance powder good for?

Superformance delivers striking velocities in cartridges like the 22-250 Remington, 243 Winchester and 300 Winchester Short Magnum. Targeted velocities are well in excess of 100 fps over the best published handloads and even larger gains over factory ammunition!

What is superformance powder used for?

According to Hornady, the Superformance line of ammunition uses ultra-progressive propellants to achieve velocities that are unattainable with conventional propellants. Hodgdon describes it as being a spherical powder that can provide velocities well in excess of 100 fps over the fastest published handloads.

What is Hornady superformance?

The Hornady Superformance loads I chronographed averaged 3,070 fps. That’s on par with a .300 H&H Magnum, a .300 Remington SAUM, and a .308 Norma Magnum, and it’s about 100 fps faster than a .300 Ruger Compact Magnum. New life for the old .30-06. Superformance ammo isn’t exactly new, of course. It has been around since late 2010.

What’s your experience with 308 ammo?

My .308 seems to like this ammo. I’m shooting the 165 grain loads about 1 MOA. The .308 is new and I’ve never hunted with it. I’ve had some good results in the past with Hornady ammo, I’ve shot a handful of deer and one elk with the Hornady Interlocked – American Whitetail, and been impressed with the results on the business end.

Is the Hornady SST a good bullet?

Hornady’s standard boattail soft point on the other hand is cheaper, groups better and holds together better and their Amax/ELD-X bullets are also very good bullets with high BC’s and similar construction to the SST’s. I think that the SST is one of the worst mistakes Hornady has ever made.

What kind of ammo does Hornady make?

Hornady’s Superformance ammo in 7mm-08 with 139-grain SST bullets and in .30-06 Springfield with 165-grain GMX bullets shot significantly faster than traditional factory loads in the same sizes. Psst! Hey, buddy! Wanna buy a .300 magnum, cheap? Just shoot some Hornady Superformance ammunition in your .30-06 Springfield.