Scorpion PT 300 Performance Report
 

I have completed my KS MZ Hunt and thought I'd post the performance of the PT.

I used the above bullet with 100 grains of BH209 and a STS primer.

8 point Whitetail
TC Omega
135 yards
.452 entry hole
Aprox. .75 exit with complete pass through of the chest cavity.

The deer made it about 10 yards and was DOA after a reload. I took pictures but I'll spare you the gore as the above should provide an accurate enough performance summary.

I just bought Speer Deep Curls but will find it difficult to improve on the above.

Thanks for the report. I shot a buck last year at approx 140 yards with the 260 Scorpion PT Gold (90gr BH209) and had similar, if not slightly better results. Best blood trail I've ever seen. Later that season I shot a buck completely broadside at appox 12 yards with the same load and never found him. Not a drop of blood anywhere and never found the deer after searching on 3 occasions. That makes me think I missed, but I practiced the exact same shot the next day and hit an inch high, have rehearsed the memory in my mind a million times and I do not believe I missed. I believe, at that range, the bullet failed to expand. You'd think a .45 hole with no expansion would have done plenty of damage, so I'm stumped.

Because of that incident, this year I switched to the 300gr Deep Curl. I took a deer at appox 15 yards and the entry hole was the size of a golf ball, if not bigger. I'm sticking with the Deep Curls and see no reason to try anything else, at least in my Omega since they will shoot 1 MOA when I do my part.

Those 260 PT Golds were eve more accurate, though. Amazing how well they shot with only 90gr BH209.

OK here are the pics. Slight quarter away.

Entry:



Exit:

very good report. I have been shooting that bullet and like the accuracy of it. Now I understand that it is field effective.

I have had fantastic results with the 300gr. taken three deer at ranges of 30-180 yards and none made it more then 50yards

I've been using the funnel point 260gr with a CR sabot and really like them. They are cheap, effective, and my Omega seems to like them. I get consistent groups and would put them up with ShockWaves as far as my ML liking them.

I wonder who makes them they act like a deep curl.

Rainier makes the Harvester bullets.

Way to go on the deer. Based on your report and several others I've decided to switch from Hornady's 300 gr SST to the 300 gr PT Gold. They have always produced great groups in my Knight LRH and MH but I wasn't sure how they would perform on game. I had a few bullet tips pull out when loading when I first started with muzzleloading. I know now I was using the wrong loader tip. I'm going to give them a good workout at our Texas lease Thanksgiving. I'll be using 110 gr of BH 209, the black CR sabot and a Federal 209A primer. I'll keep you posted.

They are a great bullet, very accurate and VERY deadly on deer and a coyotes every now and then, from 35 yards out to 250 yards, The farthes a deer went that I shot with the 300 gr was 23 yards, otherwise they stayed where they were shot. Have not been able to recover any of the bullets, they have all been pass thrus. 110 gr BH 209, Harvester smooth black sabots, Winchester W209 primers, Accura V2, or Remington Genisis.

Killed my 1st whitetail with the Harvester 300gr PT Gold on Monday in W Texas. Nice 12pt with a lot of odd points. Quartering shot at 100 yds. Complete pass through from right front shoulder to left hindquarter; decent blood trail and massive internal damage. Deer made 20 yds. Used my Knight Master Hunter,110 gr. BH 209, Black Crush rib sabot and Federal 209A primer. It's been my best load at the range. I'm impressed and will continue to use this load the rest of the season. We have a lot of hogs on the lease and our wildlife biologist wants us to take 40 bucks and 40 does this season.

this thread was originally posted December 2011

Got any pics?

40/40, wow....you must have a big lease.

Yeah, that seems to be the norm lately. People bumping really old threads. Especially on their first post.

I'll sit down this weekend and try to figure out how to post pictures and load them up.