No it wouldn't change you at all, because the softnoses are cold when laid into the mold. Just sorta held over the cavity with the blocks open, and dropped in. They are small and come up to mold temperature very quickly, and the solder joint is melted by the hot shank alloy pouring in.
But you don't REALLY need softnoses with a 45 caliber gun. A WFN or WLN running at any speed over 1200 fps will anchor deer, elk, moose, large bear, etc in their tracks in most cases, if the shot is placed halfway decent. If the animal does move after taking a hit through the vitals, I've heard of only a handfull going more than 50 feet or so, and I have many thousands of reports garnered over the 20 years of mold making.
The place softnoses are needed is for smaller caliber rifle bullets, say under 35 caliber, and for long range game performance. Some people like the larger wounds produced by softnoses fired from their revolvers, but in my experiance, they aren't an asset except for small animals when hollow pointed by drilling, when it is desirable to shoot low velocity loads and get clean kills. For example, I've used 38 caliber hollow pointed softnoses driven at 800 - 900 fps for jackrabbits, coyote etc, with super good results, but making them is a lot of work, and really one should have ear protection even for those light loads. Since my reason for the light loads was so I wouldn't need ear protection, my purpose was actually defeated.
An FN in 38 caliber driven at 1100 + fps is a sudden small animal killer and comfortable ear plugs are adaquate ear protection.[/u]
