My sons did very well with standard 300gr .45 XTPs, over only 80gr of BH. Pass-throughs, even on a +200 pounder. Gold-Dots have eluded me thus far, a pretty hot item I guess.
When I zeroed my Strike last week, I used 250gr XPBs, but with 777. I've had ignition woes with those in two otherwise reliable rifles with BH, using Harvester Crush Ribs. Barnes T-EZ 290s are fine, so I suspect it's the sabot. No matter, I need to use up that 777, and they load very easy, even after a couple of shots. With equal volume loads of Goex FF, they hit a bit lower. According to the charts, they are likely going a good bit slower, but still fast enough for deer.
One thing I've noticed with all the rifles I've dinked with is that just about any load will strike close enough to POA for hunting at woods ranges, once a rifle is zeroed.
