06-25-2021, 01:50 AM
Double Naught Spy Wrote:SSTs tend to come apart and if you are meat hunting, you may be polluting more meat than you would like. So for deer, you might try some place like Druid Hill Armory. Unfortunately, they seem to do small ammo runs, but I picked up 100 rounds of Maker Rex 110 gr. all copper for $1.60 after shipping. You have to watch their website like a hawk to beat the others, however.
You can look on Ammoseek.com to see other options. People hunt with Hornady ELD-M 123 gr. ammo. It is not my favorite at all, but some people really like it. There, some Federal Fusion softpoint ammo shows up occasionally. That might be more ideal for deer. They currently have some SST listed. SSTs are one of my favorite rounds for hogs. At lower velocity impacts (shorter barrels and/or longer distances), SST performance looks more like a softpoint than a traditional expanded petal bullet and it still will have shed a good bit of weight.
Thanks so much for weighting in. I am going to be limited at what I get at first. I checked my 'big' gun shop in the area that stocks ammo, nothing in 6.5, but one of the smaller places has like 5 boxes of Hornady Black (I know its target, but got something to at least shoot). I am tempted to drop some $$$ on a single stage press and reload what I can, but first would want to have some materials in my possession.