Re: anyone have trouble with SST's
here's to hoping the SST's do well out of the 12GA this fall. of all the ammo I tried last nite, the SST's are easily the most accurate and flattest shooting rounds I have. interestingly, everything hit to the same POI at 25 yards (1" high, centered) but only the lightfields and SST's held a group. The SST's are $4/box cheaper than the lightfields (9.99 vs. 14.99) and there's lots of them on the shelves around here. Lighfields are easy to come by too...all I know is that after shooting 20 rounds yesterday, i need a week to wear off the "flinchies" as I really started getting tender from the howitzer. Don't know how them guys can enjoy shooting the .375H&H's and the .4xx big game rifles. It's just not enjoyable.
at 50 yards, the lightfields are 2" high, the SST's are almost 3. At 100, the lightfields are a CH high - call it dead on, and the SST's are still 1" high and will probably finish at 200 about 6" low where the lightfields are out of steam and plumetting like marbles off the kitchen table at 150...almost 8" down and no chance of reliable shot out to 200.
I moved the scope down 2 clicks and can use the SST's and LF's interchangeably based on the topology of where I'm hunting. The solid lead slug may shrug off a branch or two, where the SST i fear my start to open up prematurely if it hits something on the way to it's target.
PA woods near PIT are can be pretty thick. Would like to see some more wound pics of the SST's...i'll start with a HORRIBLE shot that luckily ended fatally for the mid sized doe. I hit her high in the back just north of the kidneys. broken back, and bled out internally very quickly. The little tuft of raised hair on her back is the impact. the exit wound was very small, and really nothing to marvel at...again, HORRIBLE shot on a running doe - my first deer after returning to PA and hunting after a 6 year hiatus.