The litmus test of that bullet will be velocity at impact and what it happens to encounter on impact. The closer that happens to be the more stress will be put on that bullet but my experience with the .284 cal 150 gr BT has been dead animals both near and far with mostly pass throughs.
When the SST first came they were just like the first Ballistic Tips. Very frangible. Hornady, like Nosler "toughened" up those bullets.
I have found right the opposite with your "grenade" comment. I have also found that the SST acts pretty much the same way as the lead tipped versions of the...
How many did you buy? LOL Im glad I laid back several thousand primers, along with several thousand bullets and many, many pounds of the powders I use when Trump was in office.
Ive got plenty of "spark" stashed away. With primer prices being 12-15 cents or more per piece I feel really good about the 3-4 cents I spent when I squeeze the trigger on my rifles. Most of my "bricks" were 30-35 dollars
I wished the "reloading stores" in my area would get the memo to lower prices because what is available outside of Ramshot powders require a second mortgage to buy.
This is a bullet I pulled from a buck I killed this past Oct with my muzzleloader. Its a 300 gr Harvester Scorpion PT Gold. If you'll look at the kill pic you'll notice a bump on the neck. That's where the bullet stopped. The buck was about 65 yds away and hard quartered to the left. I aimed on...
Glad you are doing better. You have truly been blessed. On another note, that pic of you is not the face that launched a 1000 ships. LOL
All joking aside, Ive had to do CPR on three different people, two of which were close friends, both did not make it.
I haven't been in a Dicks store in several years either and for the same reason as you. As far as Im concerned Ed Stacks, the owner of Dicks can ride his high horse of anti second amendment prejudice off a cliff.
Found IMR 4350 and Varget for 52.99 at my local store the other day. I hate these prices as well but my question is, what's a person to do if you need those particular powders. You either pony up and buy it or do without.