Hornady SST Manufacture Date

[duurmeehr]

Hi all,

Looking for a little information.

I keep hearing that Hornady revamped the SST bullet someone along the line to make it a little more robust.

I have a box I need to start using and don't know their manufacture date and trying to figure if they are of the old type or the new type.

They are .308 150 grain SST.

I purchased them from an individual so I don't know the story of their life.

It says they are a Lot#2211985 and also has L6412A on the box.

Does anyone know how to decipher that information and determine their age?

Also, is there any truth to the bullets composition being changed at some point and when would that have happened?

How would I tell if these are before or after?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[6.5 forever]

Hornady could probably answer this for you if no one on here can.

 

[SeabeeKen]

First I would ask Hornady if what you heard is true and then ask if yours are the newer version. I stopped hunting with them decades ago and will never use them again. Son stopped using them too.

 

[FNSafari]

First I would ask Hornady if what you heard is true and then ask if yours are the newer version. I stopped hunting with them decades ago and will never use them again. Son stopped using them too.

Why? To thin a jacket and you experienced blow up? Too thick a jacket and it punched through? Too violent a bullet expansion wise and you suffered too much meat destruction? Inaccurate? Tks

 

[duurmeehr]

Got a reply from Hornady, thanks.

Sharing in case anyone else interested.

Thank you for your email. The date of manufacture for those bullets was November of 2021. They are a great bullet for hunting but do not match the weight retention of the Interbonds. We have not made any type of change to that bullets design as there has been no need to.

MR

 

[WyleWD]

Got a reply from Hornady, thanks.

Sharing in case anyone else interested.

Thank you for your email. The date of manufacture for those bullets was November of 2021. They are a great bullet for hunting but do not match the weight retention of the Interbonds. We have not made any type of change to that bullets design as there has been no need to.

MR

Contacting the manufacturer was a good move. Thanks for sharing their response. I've used the SST's in 243, 6.5-06, and 30-06. Never had an issue with them on anything from coyotes, hogs, deer, caribou, and elk. JME. WD

 

[FNSafari]

Don't drive a SST bullet at hyper magnum rifle velocities. They are not made for that. Use the interbond, partition or a monolithic copper or GM bullet.

 

[Flouncer]

First I would ask Hornady if what you heard is true and then ask if yours are the newer version. I stopped hunting with them decades ago and will never use them again. Son stopped using them too.

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