What is your opinion for using the .451 230 grain xtp for deer. Shoots accurate in my omega and loads easier than shock waves or tc cheap shots.

Hi. I have used the 200gr xtp for years with both 1 pc. and 3 pc. sleeves. 110grs of FFFg I changed over last year to an inline and started using 245gr xtp's and 100grs Triple7. both are a deadly combo for deer.
I think the 230gr would do just as well.

All the XTP's seem to perform very well.

I also think any XTP will well on deer.
I use 300 gr .452, 240 and 265 gr .429 and all work with the proper sabot cup.

well I just got confused with to much info on another site where they were saying the 230 was meant for 45 acp and velocity of 800-1200,and it would fragment at muzzle loader velocity, then read another article that felt xtp was to hard and wouldn't expand ?. SOOOO!? I've dug around in my old stuff and found some knight bullet sabot combo that's a little smaller in diameter,and will be easier to load also going to get some harvester crush ribs to try. my only concern is loading a second shot in the field, with this tight bore omega . may get some J-B bore past and swap it about 100 times.

Well, now that you mention it they may be correct.
I think there are XTPs and there are magnum XTPs.
The .451 may indeed fragment. I bet it would still kill a whitetail within 100 yards.
I tend to use the heavier 300gr .452 more than the others

Mag XTP?? was that what they were designed for
All the recovered bullets are perfect mushrooms. even when I dug them out of a dirt bank.

https://drive.google.com/file/...kPf/view?usp=sharing

https://www.hornady.com/bullets/xtp#!/

I can't find a list on Hornady's site, but the .452 300 gr comes in XTP or XTP Mag. The XTP Mag is for the higher velocities of the .454 Casull vs slower .45 Colt loads. I've never been able to recover an XTP Mag from a whitetail or mule deer. They have all been through and through.
A lot of people gripe about Hornady bullets "failing". They may not be premium bullets (and don't have that premium price), but everything I have ever shot with a Hornady bullet is dead.

called hornady told them my story said it would work fine, would just like to here from someone who has shot a deer with them.While working up loads I made two shots with them that touched at 150 yards 6" low 100 gr 777 loose mmp sabot.Also had the least amount of drop of any of the other bullets with 100 yd zero.Also on their homesite under muzzleloading bullets the only xtp bullet listed is the 240 grain .430 so I'm going to use the tc cheap shot sabots, my gun loves them but they are tight.

Go kill deer with them.