Has Hornady made changes to the SST in the last few years?
They've evidently made changes from the early ones, since the early ones performed like varmint bullets. I was unfortunate in getting some of the early bullets. But I also had early ballistic tips way back when and they've evidently changed too, because those early BT's were as volatile as the early SST's..
I will say the SST's shot very well on paper, so did the BT's as I recall! My 6mm Rem shot 95 gr SST's and my 25-06 shot SST's very accurately. I sold all my SST bullets very cheaply - a dime on the dollar, because I did not know if each box was good game bullets or volatile bullets and how they would act on game.