I still have tried the bonded yet because for only deer I really have no need to try them.
When the sst's first came out I took 2 deer with the 200 grand one with a barnes 195 grwith my encore 50 cal.All were complete pass throughs but the barnes didn't open up and didn't find the deer untill days later(17in 8 pointer)haven't used one of those since.With the 200 sst they made about the same hole size in and out as my 250 gr does out of the savage.So if anyone is thinking of trying the 200 for deer they worked for me.
Tried the 200 gr xtps monday out of the encore and they shot very good at 100 yds after I got it zeroed in,so they should shoot well at 200 will find out when I get a chance.They wouldn't group as good with the T-7 up to 130 grs but they like the pyro-select at 120 grs.
I have taken several deer using a nosler 185 gr bullet out of a ruger 77/50 cal and they worked good so the 200 gr xtp should work equally as well for deer.
Have tried to get the 200 sst's to shoot out of the savage useing many different powders but couldn't get any accuracy,it just blows the sabot.
the bottom 4 shots plus a couple off the paper was adjusting the scope.