I was going through my ammunition supply and I have a bunch of this and was wondering how it compares to Federal HST and others. I thought someone here would know.
Thanks
Depends what you have. Got a pic of the box?
If it's the RA9SXT and not the commercial Supreme, it was the next generation of the SXT (which was later on renamed the T-Series).
Winchester took a bit of a PR beating on the original Black Talon after the 101 California Street shooting in San Francisco. They basically restricted sales of the SXT-derived JHP that folded out with full-size, sharp pointed petals to LE customers and focused on the revised commercial version with shorter, rounded petals. No more "talons". The Supreme eXpansion Talon hunting bullet got off to a rough start in LE/Defensive ammo sales.
A later revision still used the SXT name on the box end flap, but changed the symbol code from RA9SXT to RA9T.
Then, a later revision replaced the SXT name on the end flap with T-Series, and kept the RA9T symbol code.
One of those revisions in the later 90's included revising the notching cuts so the petal expansion would occur at the lower velocities observed in the shorter barrels becoming more popular in LE.
Anyway, here's a pic of some boxes I have from several years ago, which show the change in the symbol code from RA9SXT to RA9T.
Here's a box of the next revision, when the SXT designation became T-Series (same symbol code of RA9T).
I don't have any pics of the later black T-Series boxes in the 147gr/9mm bullet weight.
I fired off a fair amount of the original BT, but I think I may still have a 20rd box of the original 147gr 9mm BT. I got tired of moving it around as "misc" ammo, and may have put it in my range ammo, though, or dropped it off at my former agency range for their range 9mm ammo bin of loose training/qual ammo. Dunno. Haven't seen it for a while. I know that some ammo collectors seem willing to pay ridiculous prices for the early BT rounds, but I didn't want to go to the trouble. Now here in CA ammo sales are face-to-face, through licensed ammo vendors, doing background checks. Sigh.