RE: hornady sst
They work real well for me, I think you have to keep the muzzle velicity up around or over 2000 FPS. I have come to believe that they were designed with Mag loads in mind every bullet has a velicity range at which it works best.
My experance tells me that loads above 125 gr seem to work quite well as far as opening to a good mushroom and getting a good blood trail is concerned. Lee