HawkCreek, the 125 SST filled a few tags for my son, but you are right. Looking back, I was not overly impressed with on game performance. The SST did not hold together. Hornaday would be better off loading a 125gr Interlock in a reduced recoil load. One of his bucks we had decent penetration, decent at best. He used full power, hand loaded, 150gr interlocks last year on a dandy buck.