Shootout: .338 WM for deer. 225 HY SST v. 250 Sierra GK, mod. velocity

[huntinlever]

I have that 340-331 mold from NOE as well as the Lee mold. Both shoot well with 3031, RE-7, 5744, and even Red Dot at MV's of about 1750. The NOE boolit shoots well all the way down to 1450 fps. It is hard to imagine the deer (or elk) that boolit won't take nicely at a terminal velocity on target of 1200 fps. Sadly NOE is sold out on all its 340 molds at the moment. At least in my rifle, the Lee boolit doesn't stabilize below 1600 fps but at 1700 fps, it is iron sight "minute-of-5-gallon-bucket" at 700 yards in the morning when my very old eyes are fresh.

Thanks much.

[BadgerShooter]

I've had some inconsistent terminal performance with the SST bullets in other calibers. The Speers always seem to work well on meat.