08-21-2019, 07:50 PM
After watching the evidence mount I just can't see myself using that bullet much. Seems to open a bit too quick and a finger size wound channel seems small to me. I would prefer a couple inches of penetration and then a wider wound channel. That said I just don't like hunting in this heat so my testing is going to start as soon as it cools off a bit in September. On my new lease I have to deal with high grass and low Mesquite trees so I want a hole out the other side in the hopes of a blood trail but will make every effort for a CNS or head hit. Unless the TMK ammo is a lot cheaper than the Hornady SST factory load I would if I didn't reload use the latter round instead. With the information you have provided using the 90 gr. TNT it seems to me that bullet works better than the 107 gr. TMK on hogs also. It is strange how two thin jacketed bullets work so differently when they hit hog.