statjunk

Dang! i just had a response composed and hit the wrong mosue click and lost everything so I will try again... it was long last time maybe i can cut it down this time....

I have a SS Omega also and I should tell you right off the get-go I am totally biased - so use what you might want and throw the rest away.

One of my first biases is that I do prefer .451/.452 bullets over the .429/.430 bullets. One of the reasons people move to the 44 cals is/was bullet BC. I contend at ML velociies and ranges the BC difference is not that important+ I prefer near bore size projectiles. If BC is a concern then the .452/300 grain Speer Bonded Gold Dot might be your answer with a BC of.233 - closing on the the SST/SW at about 1/3 of the price.

But to be totally honest with you I do shoot an expensive bullet for hunting. I shoot a NoslerPartition for both elk and deer. I shoot a .451/260gr Nosler in aHPH-24 sabot on top of 110 grains of T7-2f for deer hunting, but for everything else practice-plinking-recreation I shoot a Spreer Bonded Gold Dot.452/250grain... the flight patteren are very simular so no scope adjustment needed. If and when I run out of Nosler the Gold Dot will become the hunting bullet also. I have decided this after several research projects, if you want to call them that, for me the Gold Dot will shoot through bone or tissue and provide the results you need. The XTP's on the other hand can come apart.

I have a bunch of information I would like to share with you but I t would take up a bunch of space... so I will provide only a few....

Here is a pic of a recovered Nosler - the nose lead fell out while I was scrubbing the bullet clean... these are the best of the best as far as Iam concerned. Easyly shot to 175 yards...



Here is a factory pic of an expanded Gold Dot - they really do not expand this uniformily - but close...



Here are some real life expanded Gold Dots



Here are some XTP tests....



This is an old thread you might want to check out...

http://www.huntingnet.com/forum/tm.aspx?m=1791957

Keep in mind all of this is opinion - you will get to make the final choice... have fun...

the first post, the one in la-la land,had more viable information but I forgot a lot of it - have a ton more information if you want it...

mike