Originally Posted by fecmech
Judge--I used to hunt woodchucks with my .44 mag using a 429421 hp and I cast 30/1 lead tin and ran it around 1300fps. Real tough on chucks. I tried some straight acww firing thru a half gallon jug of water (simulated woodchuck!) with a piece of cardboard about 4' behind it to see what the exited bullet looked like. ACWW always left mutiple jagged holes with one fairly round hole indicating to me the nose was fragmenting. The 30/1 mix usually left a nice 3/4" hole indicating expansion and mushrooming. Either would kill the chuck but the 30/1 left some pretty impressive exit holes.