Hornady SST Trauma on 180 lb Sow

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  • Double Naught Spy
    Chieftain
    • Sep 2013
    • 2560

    Hornady SST Trauma on 180 lb Sow

    Gotta love it when you go out for a night hunt and end up killing a hog before sundown. I had been on property for well over an hour, scouting out different locations and trying to anticipate where I might see hogs. I picked a great spot, except for the fact that the hogs appeared in the opposite direction than what I expected.

    I let the first hog come out of the woods in hopes of having both hogs out in the open for shooting. I shot the 2nd hog as it came out and then just barely missed the first hog before he reached the safety of cattle.

    I was surprised the 123 gr. factory Hornady SST did not overpenetrate and completely exit on the opposite side. My guess is that part of the reason that it did not is that it hit a total of three ribs, on scapula and one of the centra (main body) of the spine, carving a groove through the centrum. I would also guess that it was the impact on the spine that resulted in the hog dropping in her tracks.

    Kill a hog. Save the planet.
    My videos - https://www.youtube.com/user/HornHillRange
  • nuthead
    Warrior
    • Nov 2015
    • 138

    #2
    nice work again double naught spy

    if youve ever tried the amax on similar sized pigs I'd love to hear the how they went compared to the SST's

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    • Hunter307
      Bloodstained
      • Jan 2017
      • 77

      #3
      Love your vids. That is impressive penetration considering what it went through.

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      • Double Naught Spy
        Chieftain
        • Sep 2013
        • 2560

        #4
        nuthead, I have not tried AMAX. Given the price, ballistics, weight, etc. are pretty much the same, I can't imagine them performing better than SST on hogs, AMAX being thin skilled and hogs being thick skinned. Maybe in the future...
        Kill a hog. Save the planet.
        My videos - https://www.youtube.com/user/HornHillRange

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        • rickt300
          Warrior
          • Jan 2017
          • 498

          #5
          Have to agree with you but my first testing will be with the AMAX, I'm saving my Factory loaded SST ammo for deer season.

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