7mm08 ammo

Both SST and GMX are good to go. I use barnes in all my guns though.

Got some eldx to try in mine. Last year I shot Federal fusion with good success also.

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Both SST and GMX are good to go

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I dont know shite about GMX, but SST are terrible, terrible deer cartridges. They explode on contact. I hate them.

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Hornady sst

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I dont like them. They come apart too easily and fail to exit often in my (limited) experience.

I have no experience with the GMX but it should work fine. Its probably on the opposite end of the spectrum from the SST.

Take my opinion with a grain of salt. I'm a partition/A-frame blowhard so the SST is basically the antithesis of what I like in a bullet. It has a thin jacket, it opens very violently, and its not bonded. Its going to give some spectacular bang-flops but also might leave you with a well shot deer and no blood on the ground. I want exits 100% of the time and I'll take short clear blood trails over bangflops with the occasionall dog job.

Eta: the GMX is going to exit always, but you'll probably want to stick it in a shoulder bone so you get some expansion. At 200 yards slipped between the ribs, it probably isn't going to open much.

He shot the SSTs. Grouped tight but I’m not a fan of a bullet that doesn’t pass through. I taught him to shoot through the shoulder bc I don’t want to look for them too hard

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The SST is probably going to disappoint you then. The partition is the perfect deer bullet IMO, and the A frame the perfect elk bullet.

There's the other side of the table who likes an SST style bullet for deer, and its a good argument. You get really quick (and violent) energy transfer and lots of really quick kills. It could be argued that the SST is more appropriate for deer than the partiton. I personally just put more stock in having an exit hole than having violent destruction.

What im always thinking about is what if i see the buck of a lifetime, 100 yards away quartering hard away and about to dissappear forever. I want to be able to confidently take that shot, and be confident that I can drive the bullet to the opposite shoulder. The partition gives me that while still getting good energy transfer on broadside shots.

Shot sst's for years. When my daughter's starting hunting this is what I put in their rifles. Both shoot 7mm 08's. Always had an exit hole but the bullet would explode inside. Animals did not go very far which is what I wanted for my kids.
Saw a Meateater show with Steven Rinella eating a deer heart. Thought I'd like to try it. Since the sst's sling lead everywhere and I didn't want to eat any lead if I could help it I decided to try the GMX.
Same grouping I get with sst's and they hammer the deer.
Get the GMX and shoot with confidence.

I tried partitions in both of my 270’s. The groups were down right terrible in both. I’ll probably stick with American Whitetail.

Shoot them in the neck and you can eat all the organ meat you want.

My son shoots a 7-08 Browning X Bolt and we’ve had great luck with the 139 Gr Hornady SST. Groups really well, and in all seriousness, unless a big rack comes out, it’s getting neck shot.