ORIGINAL: Jimimac
I shoot .45 caliber 240 grain XTP's over 90 grains of BH209 with a crush rib sabot out of my Omega.
Can regularly turn 5 shot groups into one large ragged hole at 50 yards. Some guys don't like the XTP's because of reported jacket separation. I don't concern myself with that too much though since I'm not pushing them super fast. XTP's sometimes get bad mouthed but I'll venture a guessthatthere have been more deer taken with them than any other pistol bullet. It's only a deer. The die pretty easy with a well placed shot. If I was gunning for something larger than a deer, then I'd rethink my bullet and powder combination.
Lotta folks feel like you do, like the designer of the Savage 10 ML Smokless MLers, Henry Ball. Good read here also on some guys shooting them in the Savage, especially art338wm analysis of the bullet:
http://dougva.proboards34.com/index.cgi?board=Savage&action=display&thre ad=10742
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