Most of my local hunting is short range heavy cover for hogs . Local deer are tiny & I rarely take one . I'm using SS rifles in 357 Max & 44 mag . All bullets will be gaschecked . Mr. Gibson here has suggested 16 to 1 up to 1800fps . Not sure if he's talking impact or muzzle velocity . Would work for the 44 , but the Max calls for harder I believe due to it's velocity . His choice of binary lead - tin alloy without any antimony makes sense to me .
For the 357 Max I believe that water drop or HT might be needed , but freely admit this could be wrong . Bullets I'm considering are LBT 180 wfngc , 200 wfngc & LY 358627 . MV of 1800 +/- looks quite possible & if accuracy is there maybe more . I want pass through & ability to take out shoulders . What would your choice be in this instance ?
As I stated above for the 44 mag I think 16 to 1 gaschecked will suffice . Bullets I'm considering are LBT wfn or lfn from 260 to 300grs . Deer hunters like the LY 429640HP which I have doubts on being suitable for my purpose . Again I need some guidance . Playing with QL I'm seeing that my choices will be within the 1800fps limit for 16 to 1 .
In my 41 mag Henry BB I use the LBT 240 LFNGC water dropped which works & never worried about it .
BTW twist rates are 1 in 16 for the Max , 1 in 18.75 for the 41 & 1 in 20 for the 44 .