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>Other than hermeticity the main advantage of the TO-5 would be power
>dissipation and maybe higher max Tj. For that you maybe could substitute the PZT2222A which is more comparable. SOT-223 package.

Zetex makes some pretty impressive parts, in TO-92-ish package, both polarities, and Mosfets of both sexes.

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