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Alloy for Hollow Point Hunting Bullet
« on: June 12, 2009, 03:20:23 PM »
I have obtained the Lyman GCHP mold #429640 to use for deer hunting. My usual alloy consists of WWs and 2% leadless solder, which casts nicely filled out bullets. Is this alloy ok to also use for my hunting bullet as I am looking for good expansion at approximantely 1200 fps in a .44 Magnum? 

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Re: Alloy for Hollow Point Hunting Bullet
« Reply #1 on: June 12, 2009, 03:34:33 PM »
Probably anything that'll shoot down the tube at those velocities will kill.   
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Re: Alloy for Hollow Point Hunting Bullet
« Reply #2 on: June 12, 2009, 04:52:50 PM »
I am not so much concerned with lethality as my main objective is maximum shock transfer to the target. The area that I hunt is unfortunately heavily pressured (public) and the quicker an animal is put down the better. The RCBS 250-K I have used is effective but I feel that it's extreme penetration performance (never recovered one)  is wasting latent energy I can use to my advantage with an expanding bullet.

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Re: Alloy for Hollow Point Hunting Bullet
« Reply #3 on: June 12, 2009, 09:08:30 PM »
  If you have antimony in your alloy, hollow points are varmint bullets only.  The HP portion of the nose just frgments instantly as it opens a breaks away from the body.  If you use it on big game, use tin lead alloys only, and live with the speed and accuracy you can get.

  However, I strongly advise that you NOT use HP's on big game.  You'll get far more reliable and quick kills with a non expanding bullet wearing a large meplat, much larger than your Keith, though it will do a good job if driven at full throttle.  The LBT WFN and WLN designs have a meplat diameter which is .090 smaller than bullet diameter, which is .340 wide in your 44.  Rarely will a deer move from where it is hit with this bullet if start velocity is 1200 fps minimum and not over 1500 fps maximum.

  They never stop in game up to elk with quartering shots and rarely in large bear and moose, but they kill efficiently.   We cannot measure killing efficiency by energy transfer.  Game doesn't comprehend our false training and will just run off if we use that concept with large bore handguns.  Read on down through this forum and you'll see many references to my Displacement Velocity (DV) formula for calculating killing effectiveness.
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