I have tried casting noses from pure lead and welding them together with WW metal. The bullets looked great and using pliers and a vice, I could not separate the two parts from each other.
But, this past hunting season, I shot a doe at 60 yards and the bullet separated into two projectiles. The main body went on through the shoulder but the 95 grain nose decided to travel through the torso and exit through the opposite ham, tearing up half of the back strap and that ham on it's way out.
Honestly, with the size and diameter bullet you are using and the 315gr. LBT LFN bullet I use, there is really no need for a pure lead nose, unless you want to tear something up. These bullets are very capable of knocking a deer flat or hog for that matter, out to 100 yards.
Just heat treat these things in an oven at 450 degrees for 1 hour and quench in ice water. The BHN should be somewhere in the range of 30-35 for WW metal. Mine usuall test out right at 35. Never had one fragment.
Good Shooting,
HBL :grin: