Nice. How have the SSTs performed on game? Any idea on the velocity?
The Chrony showed 2,800 fps in the FNAR and 2,900 in the TC Icon. That makes sense because the Icon has a 24 inch barrel, and the FN has a 20. I just worked the load out last year and was still hunting with my 300 Win Mag, so haven't shot any deer with the 308 yet.
But I loaded that same (150 Hornady SST) bullet for my son's 30-06 and he lung shot a deer at about 120 yards with it last year. The exit hole looked about like what I would expect - not like a Nosler BT would, but still a good wide channel.
This year I will likely be using one of the 308s to deer hunt with just for a change. We are a rifle loving family and like switching things around and playing with them. My father probably has 15 different rifles that he loads for and uses. But we shoot more coyotes and groundhogs than we do deer. Generally two or three deer are all we want for eating, and since we don't have overpopulation issues, that's all the deer we will harvest.